Wireless Communications and Pervasive Technology
Marco Conti · S.M.A.R.T. environments · 2004
A decade of hardware and software progress (PDAs, wearable computers, wireless networks, devices for sensing and remote control) provided the basic elements for progressing from the Mobile to the Ubiquitous Computing age, now also called the Pervasive Computing age. We can envisage a physical world with pervasive, sensor-rich, network-interconnected devices embedded in the environment. The nature of ubiquitous devices makes wireless networks the easiest solution for their interconnection. Hence, wireless and mobile communications are a fundamental building block of smart pervasive computing environments. In this chapter we analyze the status of the art of wireless communications, and discuss the evolution of this field with respect to the requirements of pervasive computing environments.