The main contribution of this research is the evaluation emerging technological opportunities for improving risk awareness and resilience vulnerable people in disasters. considered a survey, end-user evaluation, co-creative workshops on technologies was targeted to estimate innovation potential, usefulness, importance, applicability, risks people, ethical acceptability. capabilities Mobile Positioning Data tool (1) increase rescue planning emergency management cyber-hazard situations (2)...

Ubiquitous computing embeds computer technology in our everyday environment, providing a human with information services and applications through any device over different kinds of networks. can be seen as prerequisite for pervasive that emphasizes mobile data access the mechanisms needed supporting community nomadic users. software is required ubiquitous environments. This paper surveys challenges state-of-the-art technologies applicable to wireless world systems trigger set requirements,...

Today, increasing number of industrial application cases rely on the Machine to (M2M) services exposed from physical devices. Such M2M enable interaction world with core processes company information systems. However, there are grand challenges related complexity and “vertical silos” limiting market scale interoperability. It is here expected that horizontal approach for system architecture required solving these challenges. Therefore, a set architectural principles key enablers have been...

The number of industrial applications relying on the Machine to (M2M) services exposed from physical world has been increasing in recent years. Such M2M enable communication devices with core processes companies. However, there is a big challenge related complexity and application-specific systems called “vertical silos”. This paper focuses reviewing technologies service networks discussing approaches perspectives information services, security. Finally, discussion potentially enabling...

The cyber–physical systems (CPSs) of various stakeholders from the mobility, logistics, and security sectors are needed to enable smart secure situational awareness operations in a port environment. motivation for this research arises challenges caused by some unexpected events, such as accidents, multi-stakeholder critical Due scale, complexity, cost safety challenges, simulation-based approach was selected basis study. Prototype-level experimental solutions dataspaces data sharing...

In this article a communication architecture concept for spontaneous systems is provided. The integrates application-level group and ad hoc networking together. A service gateway applied as key element to connect multiple technologies networks set of methods enable plug play, addressing mobility, peer-to-peer connectivity, use services Finally, the provided are discussed based on realized research experiments.

Modern society is facing great challenges due to pollution and increased carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. As part of solving these challenges, the use renewable energy sources electric vehicles (EVs) rapidly increasing. However, dynamics have triggered problems in balancing supply consumption demand power systems. The resulting uncertainty unpredictability production, consumption, management peak loads has caused an increase costs for market actors. Therefore, means studying local smart grids...

The novel contribution of this research is decentralised IOTA-based concepts digital trust for securing remote driving in an urban environment. conceptual solutions are studied and described, respective experimental developed relying on identities, public key cryptography with a approach using identifiers (DIDs) verifiable credentials (VCs), distributed ledger. provided were validated by executing them according to the scenario but simulated vehicle system. hybrid simulation mainly focused...

This paper deals with the interaction of all IP mobile Internet devices networked appliances in a residential home. Two novel mechanisms are described and demonstrated: pointing as an indication user interest, interface loading from home appliance to device. The action is used source both collecting context information user, triggering execution procedure. provided form use scenario, implemented using session initiation protocol (SIP) open service gateway (OSGi) platform.

The contribution of this paper is to present a novel and well-experimented middleware service platform its architecture for gateway based distributed systems. This called the MidGate platform. research problem that addresses how facilitate development interoperable applications into heterogeneous environments. on constructive method analyzing related results, technologies, trial provides communication middleware, set generic elements, dynamically reconfigurable framework be applied in...

The motivation for this research arises from the challenges in trustworthy communications related operation of cyber-physical systems (CPS), especially energy and mobility domains. increasing amount distributed resources (DERs) prosumers electric vehicles requires new ways CPS to enable information exchanges smart peak consumption hours balancing power levels grids order lower cost. huge number mobile appliances service providers do not serve properly privacy owners, owing vertical silo type...

The aim of this research has been to enable the management trustworthy relationships between stakeholders, service providers, and physical assets, which are required in critical energy mobility cyber–physical systems (CPS) applications. achieved novel contribution is concept communities with respective experimental solutions, developed by relying on verifiable credentials, smart contracts, trust over IP, an Ethereum-based distributed ledger. provided community solutions validated executing...

A novel overlay based approach to enable hierarchical routing in small world and scale free wireless networks is provided evaluated this paper. In the solution, short-cuts are applied as dynamic links between nodes, which apply bigger transmission power reach larger communication range. The effects of such into end delay, route lengths throughput studied by means simulations. simulation results indicate that increasing number referred lowers delays, makes physical routes shorter, also...

A novel distributed middleware service platform, called MidGate is presented in this paper. The central contribution description of the developed platform and its architecture focusing especially on adaptation, context‐awareness, personalization mobile pervasive services. research problem addressed how to facilitate development interoperable applications services into heterogeneous gateway based environments. requirement analysis future key technologies has been carried out establish a solid...

This paper deals with enabling technologies of a user centric future wireless world. The concept peer-to-peer service environment is provided and demonstrated in residential home environment. construction based on the application session initiation protocol open gateway platform to establish for single user. User centricity comes from easy management control surrounding networked appliances. A video remote controlling toy car X.10 devices used as case study validation concept. Finally,...

Abstract This paper provides experimental measurement results of network mobility (NEMO) based vertical handover the mobile ad hoc between WLAN and 3G interfaces. The tests are executed in a laboratory environment during VoIP calls, video streaming using ping as test application. Especially, end to delays static node nodes, when is happening interfaces has been measured analysed.

The contribution of this paper is a novel peer-to-peer (P2P) middleware solution for extending the reach, scale and functionality content delivery networks (CDNs). research problem legacy CDN towards user-to-user networking enhancing quality attributes reach are addressed. proposed P2P extends CDNs to cover digital home environment via specialized virtual multimedia gateways by enabling user-generated sharing extended infrastructure.

The motivation for this research arises from the explosion in numbers of embedded devices residential home environments, and their novel capabilities to connect with Internet. As contributions, an experimental private machine-to-machine (M2M) service space environment automation is provided. solutions M2M architecture are provided enable dynamic application a secure communication overlay, smooth configuration discovery. available services connected overlay smoothly visualized user interface...

This paper provides a dynamic IPv6 prefix delegation-based addressing solution to enable Internet connectivity when Personal Area Network (PAN) is moving between sub-networks. A PAN consists of cluster mobile devices, which are dynamically connected with each other and move around together. The approach based on stateless address auto-configuration, Automatic Prefix Delegation Protocol for IPv6. problems related addressing, mobility delegation evaluated the constructed prototype. experiences...

A hierarchical routing concept with key enabling mechanisms: neighbor and route discovery, network optimization service are provided evaluated in this paper. The is novel the sense that both physical neighbors logical discovered to optimize discovery process as well enable of by means wireless short-cuts. Simulation results indicate number hops increases average delay message losses radio channel variance delays. was feasible level simulated topology lost messages channels causes...

We describe a test environment and present results for securing real -time traffic in hybrid mobile ad hoc network. adapted existing security mobility technologies into the network context applied them to provide VoIP calls. evaluated feasibility of technologies, compared their behavior. also simplified an routing protocol implementation suit needs our small Finally, measurements were carried out regarding delays, overheads bandwidth usage technologies.