Next generation wireless communications and mobile computing/networking technologies
Tarik Taleb, Javier López · Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing · 2008
The next generation networks are considered one of the most interesting research and application fields in days to come.The current advances in wireless and mobile networking architectures, services, and applications have spurred an unprecedented emergence of various techniques that may be adopted in next generation wireless communications and mobile network environments.It is, therefore, the right time for an issue in our journal which presents a compilation of the recent advances in this field.The Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing (WCMC) Journal continues to grow swiftly, not only in the number of papers being submitted but also in terms of the diverse technical areas it covers.The papers bring much needed expertise from a wide spectrum of areas in which wireless communications, mobile computing, and emerging technologies converge at.We appreciate the contributions of our authors for bringing together different but relevant areas of wireless innovations, and also appreciate the tremendous support from our readers to make our effort a success.This issue called for papers in various aspects of next generation wireless communications and mobile computing/networking.As a result, nine papers have been selected.The papers cover both topical and innovative areas, each of which is highlighted as follows: