Communications Infrastructure. Systems and Applications in Europe: First International ICST Conference, EuropeComm 2009, London, UK, August 11-13, 2009, Revised Selected Papers

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Building Digital Economy – The Research Councils Programme and the Vision....Pages 3-3
Why the Internet Is So ‘Small’?....Pages 4-12
Reactive Management of Quality of Service in Multimedia OBS Networks Based on GMPLS....Pages 13-22
Enhancing Java RMI with Asynchrony through Reflection....Pages 23-34
SNR Based Digital Estimation of Security in Wireless Sensor Networks....Pages 35-45
Quantifying the TV White Spaces Spectrum Opportunity for Cognitive Radio Access....Pages 46-57
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MIMO Free-Space Optical Communication Employing Subcarrier Intensity Modulation in Atmospheric Turbulence Channels....Pages 61-73
RSVP-TE Based Impairments Collection Mechanism in DWDM Network....Pages 74-82
MIMO-OFDM System’s Performance Using LDPC Codes for a Mobile Robot....Pages 83-90
Hybrid M -QAM with Adaptive Modulation and Selection Combining in MIMO Systems....Pages 91-100
Performance Analysis of a Joint Space-Time Block Codes and Channel Estimation Scheme in DL-PUSC Mode of Mobile WiMAX....Pages 101-112
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The Changing Transport Datascape – Opportunities and Challenges....Pages 115-115
Intelligent Control of Urban Road Networks: Algorithms, Systems and Communications....Pages 116-127
Congestion Reduction Using Ad-Hoc Message Dissemination in Vehicular Networks....Pages 128-139
Intelligent Mobility Systems: Some Socio-technical Challenges and Opportunities....Pages 140-152
iRide: A Cooperative Sensor and IP Multimedia Subsystem Based Architecture and Application for ITS Road Safety....Pages 153-162
DVB-T/H Portable and Mobile TV Performance in the New Channel Profiles Modes....Pages 163-174
Localization to Enhance Security and Services in Wi-Fi Networks under Privacy Constraints....Pages 175-188
A Proportional Fairness with Bandwidth-Borrowing Scheme for a Two-Tier NEMO System....Pages 189-199
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Healthcare Information Systems – Requirements and Vision....Pages 203-203
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The Impact of eHealth on the Quality and Safety of Healthcare....Pages 204-204
e-Labs and Work Objects: Towards Digital Health Economies....Pages 205-216
Mandatory and Location-Aware Access Control for Relational Databases....Pages 217-228
The Interaction of Production and Consumption in the News Media Social Space....Pages 229-239
Optimization of TCP/IP over 802.11 Wireless Networks in Home Environment....Pages 240-251
Analysis of the Contextual Behaviour of Mobile Subscribers....Pages 252-266
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Improved Classification and Framework Association of Security Vulnerability, Threats and Attacks in Wireless Sensor Networks....Pages 269-274
Challenges for Mobile Social Networking Applications....Pages 275-285
Mobile Monitoring Stations and Web Visualization of Biotelemetric System - Guardian II....Pages 286-293
Practical Issues of Wireless Mobile Devices Usage with Downlink Optimization....Pages 294-305
Reliable Communications Using Multi-layer Transmission....Pages 306-309
Effects of the Distinction between Long and Short Data Grants in DOCSIS Network....Pages 310-315
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