Wireless mesh networks are dynamically self-organized and self-configured, with the nodes in the network automatically establishing and maintaining mesh connectivity among themselves. Wireless mesh networks consist of three ...

Software Defined Vehicular Network (SDVN) is a new network architecture inspired by the well-known Vehicular Ad Hoc Network (VANET), applying the concepts of Software Defined Network (SDN). The SDVN proposes a complete ...

Tourism has become a global economic force, being responsible for approximately 10% of total world GDP. For this reason, offer better services for tourists is indispensable. With this goal in mind, in this work we study ...

Home networks have become increasingly large due to the number of connected smart devices. Indeed, the use of personal devices, like smartphones, tablets, smart TVs, results in a densification of such networks. In addition, ...

This project is about school libraries networks in Brazil. The school library is viewed as a strategic element for the improvement of education due to its potential impact on the development of literacy and information ...

In emergency scenarios such as natural disasters, communication networks can be used to assist in the communication and coordination efforts to minimize losses from the disaster. A problem in these situations is that the ...

The network selection task into heterogeneous technology environments is a difficult problem, and there is not a fully accepted solution or technique employed to reach this goal. In this way, the implementation of new ...

In cases of disasters and emergency scenarios, due to lack of network infrastructure, first-responders can build mobile ad hoc networks to send information. However, the communication in these situations can suffer long ...

The offer of a service bundle, which includes phone, television and Internet, is still delivered most often through separate telecommunications networks even though it is consolidated among telecom operators. The convergence ...