Mobile wireless clients have highly variable network connectivity and available bandwidth.
There are times when they may be completely disconnected from the larger Internet. This …

Data-capable 2.5 G and 3G mobile networks that are currently being deployed worldwide
will enable many new Web applications with mobility features, as well as extend existing …

As information technology supports more aspects of modern life, digital access has become
an important tool for developing regions to lift themselves from poverty. Though broadband …

Abstract The Tourist Information Provider (TIP) is an information system that provides mobile
users with focussed tourist information based on their interests. Users specify their interests …

Caching enables the storage of Internet-based content, including web objects, videos and
software updates. When web objects are downloaded from the Internet or across wide-area …

Consuming digital multimedia (such as videos) on move has become evermore popular, all
thanks to the widespread success of powerful, networked handheld devices as well as …

The current paper presents extensions to a distributed user mobility-based proactive
caching scheme that supports individual users' requests, and a brief discussion of the …

With the recent development of technologies in wireless access and mobile devices, the
mobile network has become a key component of today's Internet vision [1, 46]. Current …

In the near future, we will be surrounded by ubiquitous wireless networks and so information
dissemination for mobile users is a key issue. Hybrid push-pull constitutes a very effective …

Web acceleration mechanisms play an important role in challenged network environments
where connectivity is limited or expensive. However, as web usage gets increasingly …