Middleware for Location-based Services
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Location-based services and applications are especially useful in mobile computing environments. However, mobile computing environments are intrinsically heterogeneous, since different network technologies could be used and integrated, like GPRS and 802.11. The challenge for researches and industry is to build a common infra-structure that enable the development of mobile applications despite such technological heterogeneity.
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