TOWARDS UBIQUITOUS NETWORK SOCIETY

Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing, 2010

The success of all-IP networking and wireless technology has changed the ways of living for the people around the world. The progress of electronic integration and wireless communications is going to pave the way to offer people the access to the wireless networks on the fly, based on which all electronic devices will be able to exchange the information with each other whenever necessary.

International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 2001

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IEEE Pervasive Computing, 2000

M ark Weiser envisioned a world in which computing is so pervasive that everyday devices can sense their relationship to us and to each other. They could, thereby, respond so appropriately to our actions that the computing aspects would fade into the background. Underlying this vision is the assumption that sensing a broad set of physical phenomena, rather than just data input, will become a common aspect of small, embedded computers and that these devices will communicate with each other (as well as to some more powerful infrastructure) to organize and coordinate their actions.

tjprc, 2014

Nowadays networks have become more dynamic and pervasive. They have the capability to connect different types of networks in different inter networking environments. Ubiquitous network provides connection for the computing devices which can be connected to the network from any place and anytime. Ubiquitous networks consist of large number of heterogeneous nodes and variety of access networks. The meaning of the word ubiquitous in Latin means “present everywhere”. The users will be provided with connectivity to the network everywhere and can access the content and can obtain computing anywhere. Ubiquitous networks will be providing seamless connectivity, and services can be provided to all nodes without worrying about the location and context. The ubiquitous networks have to ensure to provide connectivity anytime, anywhere and to anyone.

Ubiquitous computing is considered as a promising technological path of innovation. Intensive R&D activities and political strategies are addressing the objective to foster mar- ketable technologies and applications. This article explores the state-of-the-art on the way towards the ‘‘Internet of things”. Which application fields have already proved their poten- tial for realising the vision and promises related to the new technology? What are the tech- nical, legal and social challenges that have to be addressed – and how can policy-makers contribute? We deal with these questions in the light of recent developments in research and business, illustrating the findings by examples in retail, logistics and health care. The article concludes that further efforts by all stakeholders from businesses, society and pol- itics are necessary to make ubiquitous computing applications economically sustainable and socially compatible in order to tap its full potential.

Wireless Personal Communications

Encyclopedia of Human Computer Interaction, 2006

The Ninth International Conference on Mobile Ubiquitous Computing, Systems, Services and Technologies (UBICOMM 2015), held between July 19-24, 2015 in Nice, France, was a multi-track event covering a large spectrum of topics related to developments that operate in the intersection of mobile and ubiquitous technologies, on one hand, and educational settings in open, distance and corporate learning on the other, including learning theories, applications, and systems. The rapid advances in ubiquitous technologies make fruition of more than 35 years of research in distributed computing systems, and more than two decades of mobile computing. The ubiquity vision is becoming a reality. Hardware and software components evolved to deliver functionality under failure-prone environments with limited resources. The advent of web services and the progress on wearable devices, ambient components, user-generated content, mobile communications, and new business models generated new applications and services. The conference made a bridge between issues with software and hardware challenges through mobile communications. The goal of UBICOMM 2015 was to bring together researchers from the academia and practitioners from the industry in order to address fundamentals of ubiquitous systems and the new applications related to them. The conference provided a forum where researchers were able to present recent research results and new research problems and directions related to them. Advances in web services technologies along with their integration into mobility, online and new business models provide a technical infrastructure that enables the progress of mobile services and applications. These include dynamic and on-demand service, context-aware services, and mobile web services. While driving new business models and new online services, particular techniques must be developed for web service composition, web service-driven system design methodology, creation of web services, and on-demand web services. As mobile and ubiquitous computing becomes a reality, more formal and informal learning will take pace out of the confines of the traditional classroom. Two trends converge to make this possible; increasingly powerful cell phones and PDAs, and improved access to wireless broadband. At the same time, due to the increasing complexity, modern learners will need tools that operate in an intuitive manner and are flexibly integrated in the surrounding learning environment. Educational services will become more customized and personalized, and more frequently subjected to changes. Learning and teaching are now becoming less tied to physical locations, co-located members of a group, and co-presence in time. Learning and teaching increasingly take place in fluid combinations of virtual and "real" contexts, and fluid combinations of presence in time, space and participation in community. To the learner full access and abundance in communicative opportunities and information retrieval represents new challenges and affordances. Consequently, the educational challenges are numerous in the intersection of technology development, curriculum development, content development and educational infrastructure. The conference had the following tracks:  Information ubiquity  Ubiquitous multimedia systems and processing  Ubiquitous mobile services and protocols  Ubiquitous software and security  Users, applications, and business models  Ubiquitous networks  Fundamentals Similar to previous editions, this event attracted excellent contributions and active participation from all over the world. We were very pleased to receive top quality contributions. We take here the opportunity to warmly thank all the members of the UBICOMM 2015 technical program committee, as well as the numerous reviewers. The creation of such a high quality conference program would not have been possible without their involvement. We also kindly thank all the authors that dedicated much of their time and effort to contribute to UBICOMM 2015. We truly believe that, thanks to all these efforts, the final conference program consisted of top quality contributions. Also, this event could not have been a reality without the support of many individuals, organizations and sponsors. We also gratefully thank the members of the UBICOMM 2015 organizing committee for their help in handling the logistics and for their work that made this professional meeting a success. We hope that UBICOMM 2015 was a successful international forum for the exchange of ideas and results between academia and industry and to promote further progress in the area of Mobile Ubiquitous Computing, Systems, Services and Technologies. We also hope that Nice, France, provided a pleasant environment during the conference and everyone saved some time to enjoy the charm of the city.

This paper presents a novel framework for ubiquitous social networks (USNs). Instead of making virtual connections, on the basis of human social networks, an effort has been made to facilitate interactions among human social networks with the help of virtual social networks. The imperative domains that support ubiquitous social networks are highlighted and different scenarios are provided to project real world applications of proposed framework. Our proposed framework can provide preliminary foundations for creating "ubiquitous social networks" in true essence.