Research Trends and Challenges for Network-Based ICT Systems

• DOI: 10.1007/s11277-015-2724-4
• Publication Date: 2015-05-16T04:25:55Z
• Authors: Homero Toral-Cruz; Albena D. Mihovska; Miroslav Voznak; Kamaljit I. Lakht...; Robert Bestak
• Keywords: 0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering; 02 engineering and technology

Welcome to this special issue of Wireless Personal Communications on Research Trends and Challenges for Network-based ICT Systems. This special issue provide an in-depth research study of the latest trends and challenges for network-based ICT systems. The convergence of information and communication technologies (ICT), have resulted into significant changes for our network infrastructures. We have witnessed an evolution from a small number of interconnected computer networks to a global socio-technical infrastructure, where people communicate and interact spontaneously in cyberspace and