International Journal of Pervasive Computing and Communications: Volume 12 Issue 3

Contextual location prediction using spatio-temporal clustering

Djamel Guessoum, Moeiz Miraoui, Chakib Tadj

The prediction of a context, especially of a user’s location, is a fundamental task in the field of pervasive computing. Such predictions open up a new and rich field of proactive…

A model for contextual data sharing in smartphone applications

Harshvardhan Jitendra Pandit, Adrian O’Riordan

The purpose of this paper is to introduce a model for identifying, storing and sharing contextual information across smartphone apps that uses the native device services. The…

Model-driven framework to support evolution of mobile applications in multi-cloud environments

Nacha Chondamrongkul

The development of mobile applications in multiple clouds environment is a complex task because of the lack of platform standards in cloud computing and mobile computing. The…

Using adaptive clustering scheme with load balancing to enhance energy efficiency and reliability in delay tolerant with QoS in large-scale mobile wireless sensor networks

Chirihane Gherbi, Zibouda Aliouat, Mohamed Benmohammed

Load balancing is an effective enhancement to the proposed routing protocol, and the basic idea is to share traffic load among cluster members to reduce the dropping probability…

Achieving protection against man-in-the-middle attack in HB family protocols implemented in RFID tags

Aisha Aseeri, Omaimah Bamasag

In the past few years, HB-like protocols have gained much attention in the field of lightweight authentication protocols due to their efficient functioning and large potential…