scholarly journals Advanced Resource Discovery Protocol for Semantic-Enabled M-Commerce

2007 ◽  
pp. 43-50
Author(s):  
M. Ruta
Keyword(s):  
Service Discovery ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Semantic Distance ◽  
Resource Discovery ◽  
Mobile Systems ◽  
Handheld Devices ◽  
Mobile Platforms ◽  
Almost Everywhere ◽  
Technological Improvements ◽  
Available Resources

New mobile architectures allow for stable networked links from almost everywhere, and more and more people make use of information resources for work and business purposes on mobile systems. Although technological improvements in the standardization processes proceed rapidly, many challenges, mostly aimed at the deployment of value-added services on mobile platforms, are still unsolved. In particular the evolution of wireless-enabled handheld devices and their capillary diffusion have increased the need for more sophisticated service discovery protocols (SDPs).Here we present an approach, which improves Blue-tooth SDP, to provide m-commerce resources to the users within a piconet, extending the basic service discovery with semantic capabilities. In particular we exploit and enhance the SDP in order to identify generic resources rather than only services. We have integrated a “semantic layer” within the application level of the standard Bluetooth stack in order to enable a simple interchange of semantically annotated information between a mobile client performing a query and a server exposing available resources. We adopt a simple piconet configuration where a stable networked zone server, equipped with a Bluetooth interface, collects requests from mobile clients and hosts a semantic facilitator to match requests with available resources. Both requests and resources are expressed as semantically annotated descriptions, so that a semantic distance can be computed as part of the ranking function, to choose the most promising resources for a given request.

scholarly journals Advanced Resource Discovery Protocol for Semantic-Enabled M-Commerce

2009 ◽  
pp. 2957-2968
Author(s):  
Michele Ruta ◽  
Tommaso Di Noia ◽  
Eugenio Di Sciascio ◽  
Francesco Maria Donini ◽  
Giacomo Piscitelli
Keyword(s):  
Service Discovery ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Semantic Distance ◽  
Resource Discovery ◽  
Mobile Systems ◽  
Handheld Devices ◽  
Mobile Platforms ◽  
Almost Everywhere ◽  
Technological Improvements ◽  
Available Resources

New mobile architectures allow for stable networked links from almost everywhere; and more and more people make use of information resources for work and business purposes on mobile systems. Although technological improvements in the standardization processes proceed rapidly; many challenges; mostly aimed at the deployment of value-added services on mobile platforms; are still unsolved. In particular the evolution of wireless-enabled handheld devices and their capillary diffusion have increased the need for more sophisticated service discovery protocols (SDPs). Here we present an approach; which improves Bluetooth SDP; to provide m-commerce resources to the users within a piconet; extending the basic service discovery with semantic capabilities. In particular we exploit and enhance the SDP in order to identify generic resources rather than only services. We have integrated a “semantic layer” within the application level of the standard Bluetooth stack in order to enable a simple interchange of semantically annotated information between a mobile client performing a query and a server exposing available resources. We adopt a simple piconet configuration where a stable networked zone server; equipped with a Bluetooth interface; collects requests from mobile clients and hosts a semantic facilitator to match requests with available resources. Both requests and resources are expressed as semantically annotated descriptions; so that a semantic distance can be computed as part of the ranking function; to choose the most promising resources for a given request.

Mobile Spatial Interaction and Mediated Social Navigation

2011 ◽  
pp. 2604-2608
Author(s):  
Mark Bilandzic ◽  
Marcus Foth
Keyword(s):  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Mobile Networks ◽  
Spatial Interaction ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Handheld Devices ◽  
Context Aware ◽  
Social Navigation ◽  
Global Positioning ◽  
Community Platforms

The increasing ubiquity of location and context-aware mobile devices and applications, geographic information systems (GIS) and sophisticated 3D representations of the physical world accessible by lay users is enabling more people to use and manipulate information relevant to their current surroundings (Scharl & Tochtermann, 2007). The relationship between users, their current geographic location and their devices are summarised by the term “mobile spatial interaction” (MSI), and stands for the emerging opportunities and affordances that location sensitive and Internet capable devices provide to its users. The first major academic event which coined the term in its current usage was a workshop on MSI (see http://msi.ftw.at/) at the CHI 2007 (Fröhlich et al., 2007). Mobile spatial interaction is grounded in a number of technologies that recently started to converge. First, the development of mobile networks and mobile Internet technologies enables people to request and exchange specific information from anywhere at anytime. Using their handheld devices people can, for example, check the latest news, request recent stock exchange values or communicate via mobile instant messaging. The second enabler is global positioning technology. Mobile devices with integrated Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers—soon to be joined by the Russian Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS) and the European Galileo system—are aware of their current latitude and longitude coordinates and can use this data as value added information for context-aware services, that is, mobile applications that refer to information relevant to the current location of the user. A possible use scenario for such an information request would be, for example, “find all clubs and pubs in a radius of 500 meters from my current position.” The focus of this work is to enrich the opportunities given by such location aware services with selected Web 2.0 design paradigms (Beer & Burrows, 2007; Kolbitsch & Maurer, 2006) toward mobile social networking services that are bound to specific physical places. User participation, folksonomy and geotagging are three design methods that have become popular in Web 2.0 community-platforms and proven to be effective information management tools for various domains (Casey & Savastinuk, 2007; Courtney, 2007; Macgregor & McCulloch, 2006). Applying such a design approach for a mobile information system creates a new experience of collaboration between mobile users, a step toward what Jaokar refers to as the Mobile Web 2.0 (Jaokar & Fish, 2006), that is, a chance for mediated social navigation in physical spaces.

A New Generation of Ground-Based Mobile Platforms for Active and Passive Profiling of the Boundary Layer

2019 ◽  
Vol 100 (1) ◽  
pp. 137-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy J. Wagner ◽  
Petra M. Klein ◽  
David D. Turner
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Lower Troposphere ◽  
Mobile Systems ◽  
Lower Atmosphere ◽  
Stream Line ◽  
High Temporal Resolution ◽  
Great Success ◽  
Mobile Platforms ◽  
Atmospheric Phenomena

AbstractMobile systems equipped with remote sensing instruments capable of simultaneous profiling of temperature, moisture, and wind at high temporal resolutions can offer insights into atmospheric phenomena that the operational network cannot. Two recently developed systems, the Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) Portable Atmospheric Research Center (SPARC) and the Collaborative Lower Atmosphere Profiling System (CLAMPS), have already experienced great success in characterizing a variety of phenomena. Each system contains an Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer for thermodynamic profiling and a Halo Photonics Stream Line Doppler wind lidar for kinematic profiles. These instruments are augmented with various in situ and remote sensing instruments to provide a comprehensive assessment of the evolution of the lower troposphere at high temporal resolution (5 min or better). While SPARC and CLAMPS can be deployed independently, the common instrument configuration means that joint deployments with well-coordinated data collection and analysis routines are easily facilitated.In the past several years, SPARC and CLAMPS have participated in numerous field campaigns, which range from mesoscale campaigns that require the rapid deployment and teardown of observing systems to multiweek fixed deployments, providing crucial insights into the behavior of many different atmospheric boundary layer processes while training the next generation of atmospheric scientists. As calls for a nationwide ground-based profiling network continue, SPARC and CLAMPS can play an important role as test beds and prototype nodes for such a network.

Runtime Service Discovery for Grid Applications

2009 ◽  
pp. 212-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Dooley ◽  
Andrea Zisman ◽  
George Spanoudakis
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Service Discovery ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Virtual Organisations ◽  
Small World ◽  
Resource Discovery ◽  
Local Network ◽  
Network Node ◽  
Grid Resource ◽  
New Generation

A Virtual Organisation in large-scale distributed systems is a set of individuals and/or institutions with some common purposes or interests that need to share their resources to further their objectives, which is similar to a human community in social networks that consists of people have common interests or goals. Due to the similarity between social networks and Grids, the concepts in social science (e.g. small world phenomenon) can be adopted for the design of new generation Grid systems. This chapter presents a Small World Architecture for Effective Virtual Organisations (SWEVO) for Grid resource discovery in Virtual Organisations, which enables Virtual Organisations working in a more collaborative manner to support decision makers. In SWEVO, Virtual Organisations are connected by a small number of interorganisational links. Not every local network node needs to be connected to remote Virtual Organisations, but every network node can efficiently find connections to specific Virtual Organisations.

scholarly journals Mobile health solutions for atrial fibrillation detection and management: a systematic review

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Astrid N. L. Hermans ◽  
Monika Gawalko ◽  
Lisa Dohmen ◽  
Rachel M. J. van der Velden ◽  
Konstanze Betz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Atrial Fibrillation ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Mobile Health ◽  
Support Systems ◽  
Handheld Devices ◽  
Longitudinal Assessment ◽  
Mobile Platforms ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Meta Analyses ◽  
Atrial Fibrillation Detection

Abstract Aim We aimed to systematically review the available literature on mobile Health (mHealth) solutions, including handheld and wearable devices, implantable loop recorders (ILRs), as well as mobile platforms and support systems in atrial fibrillation (AF) detection and management. Methods This systematic review was conducted in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. The electronic databases PubMed (NCBI), Embase (Ovid), and Cochrane were searched for articles published until 10 February 2021, inclusive. Given that the included studies varied widely in their design, interventions, comparators, and outcomes, no synthesis was undertaken, and we undertook a narrative review. Results We found 208 studies, which were deemed potentially relevant. Of these studies included, 82, 46, and 49 studies aimed at validating handheld devices, wearables, and ILRs for AF detection and/or management, respectively, while 34 studies assessed mobile platforms/support systems. The diagnostic accuracy of mHealth solutions differs with respect to the type (handheld devices vs wearables vs ILRs) and technology used (electrocardiography vs photoplethysmography), as well as application setting (intermittent vs continuous, spot vs longitudinal assessment), and study population. Conclusion While the use of mHealth solutions in the detection and management of AF is becoming increasingly popular, its clinical implications merit further investigation and several barriers to widespread mHealth adaption in healthcare systems need to be overcome. Graphic abstract Mobile health solutions for atrial fibrillation detection and management: a systematic review.

scholarly journals MM-Wave Phased Array Quasi-Yagi Antenna for the Upcoming 5G Cellular Communications

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 978 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naser Ojaroudi Parchin ◽  
Mohammad Alibakhshikenari ◽  
Haleh Jahanbakhsh Basherlou ◽  
Raed A. Abd-Alhameed ◽  
Jonathan Rodriguez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phased Array ◽  
Coaxial Cable ◽  
Array Antenna ◽  
Handheld Devices ◽  
Impedance Bandwidth ◽  
Mobile Platforms ◽  
Phased Array Antenna ◽  
Scanning Angle ◽  
Planar Arrays ◽  
Yagi Antenna

The focus of this manuscript was to propose a new phased array antenna design for the fifth generation (5G) mobile platforms. Eight elements of compact Quasi-Yagi antennas were placed on the top portion of smartphone printed circuits board (PCB) to form a beam-steerable phased array design. The −10 dB impedance-bandwidth of proposed 5G smartphone antenna spans from 25 GHz to 27 GHz providing 2 GHz bandwidth with less than −16 dB mutual coupling function. A coax-to-microstripline with a truncated crown of vias around the coaxial cable was used as a feeding mechanism for each radiation element. An Arlon Ad 350 substance with properties of ε = 3.5, δ = 0.003, and h = 0.8 mm was chosen as the antenna substrate. The proposed phased array antenna provides wide-angle scanning of 0°~75° with more than 10 dB realized gain levels. For the scanning angle of 0°~60°, the antenna array provides more than 90% (−0.5 dB) radiation and total efficiencies. In addition, the specific absorption rate (SAR) function and radiation performance of the design in the presence of the user-hand/user-hand have been studied. The results validate the feasibility of the proposed design for use in the 5G handheld devices. Furthermore, using the presented Quasi-Yagi elements, the radiation properties of 2 × 2, 4 × 4, and 8 × 8 planar arrays were studied and more than 8.3, 13.5, and 19.3 dBi directivities have been achieved for the designed planar arrays. The results show that the designed arrays (linear & planar) satisfy the general requirements for use in 5G platforms.

User Experience of Mobile Internet

2011 ◽  
pp. 175-194
Author(s):  
Eija Kaasinen ◽  
Virpi Roto ◽  
Kristin Roloff ◽  
Kaisa Väänänen-Vainio-Mattila ◽  
Teija Vainio ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
User Experience ◽  
Mobile Device ◽  
Service Discovery ◽  
Mobile Internet ◽  
Internet Usage ◽  
Handheld Devices ◽  
The Internet ◽  
End User ◽  
User Perspective ◽  
Mobile Access

Mobile access to the Internet with handheld devices has been technically possible for quite a while and consumers are aware of the services but not so ready to use them. A central reason for the low usage is that user experience of the mobile Internet is not yet sufficiently good. This paper analyses the mobile Internet from the end-user perspective, identifying factors and solutions that would make Internet usage on a mobile device an enjoyable experience. User experience can be improved by a better understanding of users and usage contexts, by developing mobile services that better serve the needs of mobile users, easing service discovery and by developing the infrastructure needed for the mobile Internet. This paper discusses all these aspects and gives development recommendations. Multidisciplinary and multicultural cooperation between the various actors in the field is needed to improve user experience.

Peer-to-Peer Search Techniques for Service-Oriented Computing

2010 ◽  
pp. 44-63
Author(s):  
Lu Liu ◽  
Duncan Russell ◽  
Jie Xu
Keyword(s):  
Service Discovery ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Resource Discovery ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
Great Success ◽  
P2p Networks ◽  
Search Techniques ◽  
P2p Systems ◽  
Service Oriented ◽  
And Performance

Peer-to-peer (P2P) networks attract attentions worldwide with their great success in file sharing networks (e.g., Napster, Gnutella, BitTorrent, and Kazaa). In the last decade, numerous studies have been devoted to the problem of resource discovery in P2P networks. Recent research on structured and unstructured P2P systems provides a series of useful solutions to improve the scalability and performance of service discovery in large-scale service-based systems. In this chapter, the authors systematically review recent research studies on P2P search techniques and explore the potential roles and influence of P2P networking in dependable service-based military systems.

Interactive Rendering of Indoor and Urban Environments on Handheld Devices by Combining Visibility Algorithms with Spatial Data Structures

2013 ◽  
pp. 341-358
Author(s):  
Wendel B. Silva ◽  
Maria Andréia F. Rodrigues
Keyword(s):  
Data Structures ◽  
Spatial Data ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Handheld Devices ◽  
Mobile Platforms ◽  
Spatial Data Structures ◽  
Uniform Grids ◽  
3D Environments ◽  
View Frustum Culling ◽  
Graphics Rendering

This work presents a comparative study of various combinations of visibility algorithms (view-frustum culling, backface culling, and a simple yet fast algorithm called conservative backface culling) and different settings of standard spatial data structures (non-uniform Grids, BSP-Trees, Octrees, and Portal-Octrees) for enabling efficient graphics rendering of both indoor and urban 3D environments, especially suited for low-end handheld devices. Performance tests and analyses were conducted using two different mobile platforms and environments in the order of thousands of triangles. The authors demonstrate that navigation at interactive frame rates can be obtained using geometry rather than image-based rendering or point-based rendering on the cell phone Nokia n82.

scholarly journals An OGC web service geospatial data semantic similarity model for improving geospatial service discovery

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 245-261
Author(s):  
Lizhi Miao ◽  
Chengliang Liu ◽  
Li Fan ◽  
Mei-Po Kwan
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Similarity ◽  
Service Discovery ◽  
Search Algorithm ◽  
Resource Discovery ◽  
Search Method ◽  
Geospatial Data ◽  
United States Geological Survey ◽  
Data Service ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Similarity Model

Abstract Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Web Services (OWS) are highly significant for geospatial data sharing and widely used in many scientific fields. However, those services are hard to find and utilize effectively. Focusing on addressing the big challenge of OWS resource discovery, we propose a measurement model that integrates spatiotemporal similarity and thematic similarity based on ontology semantics to generate a more efficient search method: OWS Geospatial Data Semantic Similarity Model (OGDSSM)-based search engine for semantically enabled geospatial data service discovery that takes into account the hierarchy difference of geospatial service documents and the number of map layers. We implemented the proposed OGDSSM-based semantic search algorithm on United States Geological Survey mineral resources geospatial service discovery. The results show that the proposed search method has better performance than the existing search engines that are based on keyword-based matching, such as Lucene, when recall, precision, and F-measure are taken into consideration. Furthermore, the returned results are ranked based on semantic similarity, which makes it easier for users to find the most similar geospatial data services. Our proposed method can thus enhance the performance of geospatial data service discovery for a wide range of geoscience applications.

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