Mobile IP has been defined by Third Generation Partnership Project 2(3GPP2) to be the mobility solution for the next generation cellular networks. The Mobile IP related issues therefore become important and popular. Mobile IP provides the Mobile Node (MN) the ability of roaming around a foreign domain. An MN needs to register with its Home Agent (HA) through the attached Foreign Agent (FA) when...

Mobile technologies have yet to be widely adopted by the Architectural, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry despite being one of the major growth areas in computing in recent years. This lack of uptake in the AEC industry is likely due, in large part, to the combination of small screen size and inappropriate interaction demands of current mobile technologies. This paper discusses the s...

Wireless local area network (WLAN) is a radical technology, enabling new ways to provide mobile access. A number of established and new companies have entered the mobile market with new business models. Yet, it is not clear how these new business models affect the mobile industry and which of them will really succeed. We introduced the IDEA framework to guide the design and evaluation systems o...

Recently, several disasters have affected the tourism industry. In order to mitigate the effects of disasters, increasing the level of preparedness is essential. However, despite the devastating effect disasters can have on tourism, few tourism organizations have properly developed disaster strategies as an integral part of their business plans. Emergency management systems that utilize mobile ...

Trusted Computing for mobile platforms is considered important, and the approach of the TCG Mobile Phone Work Group is often seen as the most prominent one. However there are more initiatives, approaches, and players, especially in the mobile communications industry. We give an overview on the players and their interests as well as on the options trusted computing can offer and match both with ...

Article history: Received 17 August 2013 Received in revised form 18 March 2015 Accepted 2 June 2015 Available online xxxx Increasing adoption of location-based services and smartphones leads to optimistic forecasts for location-based mobile advertising (LBA).This study investigates the development of emerging LBA in Singapore by examining stakeholders’ perspectives and shaping forces in the so...

Highly optimized reasoning support for Description Logics (DLs) has been developed during the past years. This paper presents our efforts to develop a reasoner suitable for mobile devices, namely mobile phones. This might become important upon the convergence of the mobile industry and the web, especially the semantic web. Details of the implementation and current limitations provide explanatio...

WLAN is a radical technology, enabling new ways to provide mobile access. A number of established and new companies have entered the mobile market with new business models. It is yet not clear how these new business models affect the mobile industry and which of them will really succeed. In our article, we introduce a new framework to support the development of new business models driven by new...

The fashion industry loves the new tablets. In 2011 we noted a 38% growth of e-commerce in the italian fashion industry. A large number of brands have understood the value of mobile devices as the key channel for consumer communication. The interest of brands in applications of mobile marketing and services have made a big step forward, with an increase of 129% in 2011 (osservatori.net, 2012). ...

With the exponential proliferation of mobile devices in the consumer market, wireless e-business is emerging as a key area to revolutionise industries. In the past few years, industry has witnessed an increase in the adoption of mobile payment and billing methods that leverage on wireless technologies. Yet, the success of mobile payments in businesses much depends on many factors such as, type ...