The Internet of Things: 20th Tyrrhenian Workshop on Digital Communications

Front Matter....Pages i-xxxii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Objects Communication Behavior on Multihomed Hybrid Ad Hoc Networks....Pages 3-11
Classification of Emerging Protocols in the Presence of Asymmetric Routing....Pages 13-25
Performance Evaluation of Routing Protocols in WSNs Arranged in Linear Topologies....Pages 27-38
A Distributed Procedure for IEEE 802.15.4 PAN Coordinator Election in Emergency Scenarios....Pages 39-48
A Mobile Platform for Measurements in Dynamic Topology Wireless Networks....Pages 49-57
Cluster-Based Irresponsible Forwarding....Pages 59-68
Dynamic Spectrum Access Communications: Wavelet Modulation with Unequal Power Allocation....Pages 69-78
Optimal Cross-Layer Flow-Control for Wireless Maximum-Throughput Delivery of VBR Media Contents....Pages 79-88
A Secure MPLS VPN Infrastructure for Complex Geodata Sensor Network....Pages 89-96
Front Matter....Pages 98-98
Making the Internet of Things a Reality: The WhereX Solution....Pages 99-108
A Scalable Grid and Service-Oriented Middleware for Distributed Heterogeneous Data and System Integration in Context-Awareness-Oriented Domains....Pages 109-118
InterDataNet: A Scalable Middleware Infrastructure for Smart Data Integration....Pages 119-127
CONVERGENCE: Extending the Media Concept to Include Representations of Real World Objects....Pages 129-140
Service Oriented Middleware Solutions for Emergency Communication Networks....Pages 141-153
Front Matter....Pages 156-156
Localization Issues in a ZigBee Based Internet of Things Scenario....Pages 157-165
Low-Complexity Audio Signal Processing for Localization in Indoor Scenarios....Pages 167-176
Integrated GPS-Denied Localization, Tracking, and Personal Identification....Pages 177-186
Design and Implementation of Smartphone Applications for Speaker Count and Gender Recognition....Pages 187-194
Video Coding with Motion Estimation at the Decoder....Pages 195-203
Inter-Vehicle Communication QoS Management for Disaster Recovery....Pages 205-216
Front Matter....Pages 218-218
Beyond the ID in RFID....Pages 219-227
Performance Characterization of Passive UHF RFID Tags....Pages 229-238
Chipless Tags, the Next RFID Frontier....Pages 239-249
Backscatter Communication Using Ultrawide Bandwidth Signals for RFID Applications....Pages 251-261
Passive RFID Integrated Transponders for Automotive Applications....Pages 263-272
Sensor-Oriented Passive RFID....Pages 273-282
Performance Evaluation of UHF RFID Tags in the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain....Pages 283-292
The Benefits of RFID and EPC in the Supply Chain: Lessons from an Italian Pilot Study....Pages 293-302
RFID Data Analytics in Apparel Retail....Pages 303-308
Towards the Future Internet of Sensors....Pages 309-318
Energy and Distortion Minimization in “Refining” and “Expanding” Sensor Networks....Pages 319-327
An IEEE 802.15.4 Wireless Sensor Network for Energy Efficient Buildings....Pages 329-338
A Real Implementation and Deployment for Wine Production Management Based on Wireless Sensor Network Technology....Pages 339-348
Performance Evaluation of an IEEE802.15.4 Standard Based Wireless Sensor Network in Mars Exploration Scenario....Pages 349-358
The PECES Project: Ubiquous Transport Information Systems....Pages 359-366
HYDRA: A Development Platform for Integrating Wireless Devices and Sensors into Ambient Intelligence Systems....Pages 367-373
Probabilistic Information Dissemination for MANETs: The IPAC Approach....Pages 375-385
Front Matter....Pages 388-388
An Overview of Privacy and Security Issues in the Internet of Things....Pages 389-395
Privacy Challenges in RFID Systems....Pages 397-407
Security and Privacy Protection of Contactless Devices....Pages 409-419
Front Matter....Pages 388-388
Private Location-Based Information Retrieval via k -Anonymous Clustering....Pages 421-430
Back Matter....Pages 431-442