Wireless transmission method in wireless sensor networks has put forward higher requirements for private protection technology. According to the packet loss problem of private protection algorithm based on slice techn...Wireless transmission method in wireless sensor networks has put forward higher requirements for private protection technology. According to the packet loss problem of private protection algorithm based on slice technology, this paper proposes the data private protection algorithm with redundancy mechanism, which ensures privacy by privacy homomorphism mechanism and guarantees redundancy by carrying hidden data. Moreover,it selects the routing tree generated by CTP(Collection Tree Protocol) as routing path for data transmission. By dividing at the source node, it adds the hidden information and also the privacy homomorphism. At the same time,the information feedback tree is established between the destination node and the source node. In addition, the destination node immediately sends the packet loss information and the encryption key via the information feedback tree to the source node. As a result,it improves the reliability and privacy of data transmission and ensures the data redundancy.展开更多
Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) which is composed of lots of self-organizational intelligence nodes has become new technology of information acquisition and processing. Location technology is one of the key technologies...Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) which is composed of lots of self-organizational intelligence nodes has become new technology of information acquisition and processing. Location technology is one of the key technologies in WSN. There are many kinds of location algorithms currently and the research to performance evaluation and applicability analysis of algorithms has fundamental significance. For this reason, the paper firstly elaborated the performance evaluation indexes of location algorithms, and analyzed the location prin-ciples, characteristics and current fundamental problems to typical and some new location algorithms, and then analyzed and compared some typical location algorithms according to the location accuracy, node den-sity and hardware requirement, obtaining the sphere of application of these algorithms and pointing out the problems which need to be solved in WSN currently.展开更多
Wireless Mesh Network (WMN) has been actively researched and developed as a new network technology to support broadband high- speed multimedia services . This paper discusses WMN technology and applications , and intr...Wireless Mesh Network (WMN) has been actively researched and developed as a new network technology to support broadband high- speed multimedia services . This paper discusses WMN technology and applications , and introduces the basic technologies , typical applications and current development of the WMN. With the future development of wireless distribution technology and network, wireless Mesh technology and network will become the key networking technology and architecture of wireless mobile communications , and will be widely used in various wireless networks with more important roles .展开更多
As an important branch of telecommunication technology, digital home networks have quickly developed in recent years. Although architecture of the digital home network based on telecommunication networks has been stan...As an important branch of telecommunication technology, digital home networks have quickly developed in recent years. Although architecture of the digital home network based on telecommunication networks has been standardized in China, only wireless access is defined to be allowable. Therefore, it becomes the focus of further research how to establish a wireless digital home network. This article proposes the concept and shows the architecture of ubiquitous access for wireless digital home networks. Moreover, key technologies for ubiquitous access are discussed here, including cognitive radio, the concept of wireless Mesh, generic link transfer mechanism, Quality of Service (QoS) guarantee mechanism, Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) and coexistence of heterogeneous systems.展开更多
The End-to-End Reconfigurability (E2R) project aims at realizing the convergence of the heterogeneous radio networks and the optimal utilization of the radio resources. With the continuous development of E2R technolog...The End-to-End Reconfigurability (E2R) project aims at realizing the convergence of the heterogeneous radio networks and the optimal utilization of the radio resources. With the continuous development of E2R technology and cognitive theory, the evolution from existing radio networks to future reconfigurable radio networks with the cognitive ability becomes possible. Nowadays the research aspects of E2R include the system architecture of reconfigurable radio networks and some key technologies for their evolution.展开更多
Convergence and collaboration of heterogeneous networks in the next generation public mobile networks will be a subject of universal significance. Convergence of heterogeneous networks, as an effective approach to imp...Convergence and collaboration of heterogeneous networks in the next generation public mobile networks will be a subject of universal significance. Convergence of heterogeneous networks, as an effective approach to improve the coverage and capacity of public mobile network, to enable communication services, to provide Internet access and to enable mobile computing from everywhere, has drawn widespread attention for its good prospects in application. Construction of security system for wireless heterogeneous networks and development of new security models, key security techniques and approaches are critical and mandatory in heterogeneous networks development. Key technology of wireless heterogeneous networks security covers security routing protocol, access authentication, intrusion detection system, cooperative communication between nodes, etc.展开更多
The Wireless Mesh Network (WMN) has become a focus in research of wireless broadband communications . In a switching technologies - based wireless Mesh network, the entire network is regarded as an IP subnet, so it ca...The Wireless Mesh Network (WMN) has become a focus in research of wireless broadband communications . In a switching technologies - based wireless Mesh network, the entire network is regarded as an IP subnet, so it cannot be applied in situations where large coverage is required . The use of cooperative relaying technologies can improve the transmission rate and reliability of wireless link; while the wireless Mesh network, once integrated with cooperative relaying technologies and routing technologies , can improve its spectrum efficiency and cover a wide area . However, there are many problems to be solved with respect to standardization, key technologies research and industrialization. Therefore , the application of cooperative relaying technologies in wireless Mesh networks is still a great challenge .展开更多
The continuous increase of data transmission density in wireless mobile communications has posed a challenge to the system performance of Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs ). There is a rule for wireless Ad hoc networks th...The continuous increase of data transmission density in wireless mobile communications has posed a challenge to the system performance of Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs ). There is a rule for wireless Ad hoc networks that the average node capacity decreases while the number of nodes increases , so it is hard to establish a large - scale wireless Mesh network. Network scalability is very important for enhancing the adaptive networking capability of the wireless Mesh network. This article discusses key scalability technologies for Mesh Base Stations (BSs ) and Mesh Mobile Stations (MSs ), such as channel allocation, intelligent routing , multi- antenna , node classification, Quality of Service (QoS) differentiation and cooperative transmission.展开更多
The Wireless Mesh Network (WMN) is a special kind of Ad hoc network with a hierarchical network structure . Its backbone transmission network has such characteristics as multi- hop , topology stability, no electricity...The Wireless Mesh Network (WMN) is a special kind of Ad hoc network with a hierarchical network structure . Its backbone transmission network has such characteristics as multi- hop , topology stability, no electricity supply constraints , convergence of flows . Improving the spatial reuse of spectrum is an effective approach to increase network capacity. The linchpin of this approach is to effectively control the interference range between wireless links . The multi- channel networking technology is one of the key technologies of WMN, and its core is the channel allocation through which the channel utilization can be maximized . The mutual interference between multi- hop wireless links should be considered when choosing the routing metrics in WMN. Through the load - balancing routing method , the network capacity and throughput of nodes can be improved .展开更多
This paper introduces the architecture of wireless sensor networks, presents a cross-layer network management and control mechanism. The key technologies, such as Medium Access Control (MAC) and wireless routing proto...This paper introduces the architecture of wireless sensor networks, presents a cross-layer network management and control mechanism. The key technologies, such as Medium Access Control (MAC) and wireless routing protocols are discussed and compared. A proposal of applying the simple IEEE 802 MAC protocol into the wireless sensor network is introduced. In addition, in order to improve the system capacity, a multi-channel strategy for the sensor nodes is presented for decreasing the blocking probability and suppressing the accessing time delay. It is concluded that there are still a number of problems to be solved, including decreasing power consumption, improving capacity and avoiding access collision, to promote the successful commercial application of wireless sensor network.展开更多
When computers and communication devices are available everywhere in the future, the categories of communication will expand to cover not only the man-man and the man-machine, but also the machine-machine (M2M) commun...When computers and communication devices are available everywhere in the future, the categories of communication will expand to cover not only the man-man and the man-machine, but also the machine-machine (M2M) communication. Someday, the traffic generated by machines will greatly exceed those of man-machine and man-man applications. Large numbers of M2M applications will need various wireless networks to support them. This paper introduces the characteristics, advantages and disadvantages of the currently available various wireless network technologies, including WiFi, Bluetooth, ZigBee, passive RFID and the 802.15 standard networks.展开更多
A low-power environmental monitoring system based on WSN technology is proposed to effectively monitor the environmental status and ensure the healthy growth of greenhouse crops in the greenhouse. The system performs ...A low-power environmental monitoring system based on WSN technology is proposed to effectively monitor the environmental status and ensure the healthy growth of greenhouse crops in the greenhouse. The system performs dynamic mon- itoring on the environmental data of temperature, humidity, illumination, soil tempera- ture and humidity of the greenhouse, and it reduces the energy consumption by us- ing solar energy and lithium battery as the power supply mode and dynamic power management algorithm combined with improved routing protocol. Stable and reliable, the system could effectively monitor the key environmental factors in the green- house, making it of certain promotion value.展开更多
In the study of intelligent space oriented to home service robot, an important technology is how to construct an communication network which has the characters of high reliability and easy building. In this paper, bas...In the study of intelligent space oriented to home service robot, an important technology is how to construct an communication network which has the characters of high reliability and easy building. In this paper, based on the characteristics of ZigBee protocol, ZigBee technology is used to construct a wireless sensor and actor network. Several intelligent services based on ZigBee wireless sensor and actor network are shown to certify the reliability of this communication network. ZigBee wireless sensor and actor network builds an information bridge for the components in the intelligent space, the spatially distributed devices are connected together seamlessly. With this network, robot can share the mass information in the intelligent space and improve its performance with 'light-packs', devices in intelligent space, such as lamp, curtain can be controlled autonomously.展开更多
Smart Grid (SG) is an emerging paradigm of the modern world to upgrade and enhance the existing conventional electrical power infrastructure from generation to distribution to the consumers in a two-way communication ...Smart Grid (SG) is an emerging paradigm of the modern world to upgrade and enhance the existing conventional electrical power infrastructure from generation to distribution to the consumers in a two-way communication fashion to automate the electrical power demand and supply and make this a cyber-physical system. SG infrastructure key elements, such as smart meters, circuit breakers, transformers, feeders, substations, control centers, grid stations, are required well-formed communication network architectures. SG infrastructure is divided into three main communication networks architectures, such as HAH, NAN, and WAN. Each of these communication network architectures requires reliable, stable, secure, high data rate at real-time with the help of different wireline and wireless communication technologies from HAN to WAN networks. To understand the complete concepts about SG, a concise review is presented and it will help the readers to get foundations of communication network architectures and technologies of SG.展开更多
In view of the rapid growth of China's aging population and the rising demand for the medical services,it is more necessary to build a health management system of the traditional Chinese medicine based on the wire...In view of the rapid growth of China's aging population and the rising demand for the medical services,it is more necessary to build a health management system of the traditional Chinese medicine based on the wireless sensor networks.This design combines the ZigBee technology,the city grid management and the virtual reality technology,to establish a real-time,accurate and fine health monitoring system,so as to comprehensively improve the efficiency,quality and level of people's health management.展开更多
Under intense environmental pressure, the global energy sector is promoting the integration of renewable energy into interconnected energy systems. The demand-side management (DSM) of energy systems has drawn consid...Under intense environmental pressure, the global energy sector is promoting the integration of renewable energy into interconnected energy systems. The demand-side management (DSM) of energy systems has drawn considerable industrial and academic attention in attempts to form new flexibilities to respond to variations in renewable energy inputs to the system. However, many DSM concepts are still in the experimental demonstration phase. One of the obstacles to DSM usage is that the current information infrastructure was mainly designed for centralized systems, and does not meet DSM requirements. To overcome this barrier, this paper proposes a novel information infrastructure named the lnternet of Energy Things (IoET) in order to make DSM practicable by basing it on the latest wireless communication technology: the low-power wide-area network (LPWAN). The primary advantage of LPWAN over general packet radio service (GPRS) and area Internet of Things (loT) is its wide-area coverage, which comes with minimum power consumption and maintenance costs. Against this background, this paper briefly reviews the representative LPWAN tech- nologies of narrow-band Internet of Things (NB-IoT) and Long Range (LORa) technology, and compares them with GPRS and area IoT technology. Next, a wireless-to-cloud architecture is proposed for the IoET, based on the main technical features of LPWAN. Finally, this paper looks forward to the potential of IoET in various DSM application scenarios.展开更多
The publication of Tsinghua Science and Technology was started in 1996. Since then, it has been an international academic journal sponsored by Tsinghua University and published bimonthly. This journal aims at presenti...The publication of Tsinghua Science and Technology was started in 1996. Since then, it has been an international academic journal sponsored by Tsinghua University and published bimonthly. This journal aims at presenting the state-of-art scientific achievements in computer science, and other IT fields, and is currently indexed by Ei and other abstracting indices. From year 2013, the journal will be available for open access through IEEE Xplore Digital Library. This year's special section on Wireless Computing and Networking of Tsinghua Science and Technology is devoted to gather and present new research that address the challenges in the broad areas of Wireless Networks, Sensor Networks, Wireless Computing and Communication. While Wireless Networks have great potential to provide heterogeneous access and services for ubiquitous users, the demanding communication environment of wireless networks imposes challenges to many interesting research topics, such as channel estimation, communication protocol design, resource management, system design and so on. In Wireless Network research, it is unavoidable to wrestle unique problems such as non-uniform spectrum allocation, various radio resource management policies, economic concerns, the scarcity of radio resources, and user mobility. This Special Section therefore aims to publish high quality, original, unpublished research papers in the broad area of Wireless Computing and Networking, and thus presents a platform for scientists and scholars to share their observations and research results in the field. Specific topics for this special section include but are not limited to:展开更多
基金sponsored by the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2018YFB1003201)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.61672296,No.61602261)Major Natural Science Research Projects in Colleges and Universities of Jiangsu Province(No.18KJA520008)
文摘Wireless transmission method in wireless sensor networks has put forward higher requirements for private protection technology. According to the packet loss problem of private protection algorithm based on slice technology, this paper proposes the data private protection algorithm with redundancy mechanism, which ensures privacy by privacy homomorphism mechanism and guarantees redundancy by carrying hidden data. Moreover,it selects the routing tree generated by CTP(Collection Tree Protocol) as routing path for data transmission. By dividing at the source node, it adds the hidden information and also the privacy homomorphism. At the same time,the information feedback tree is established between the destination node and the source node. In addition, the destination node immediately sends the packet loss information and the encryption key via the information feedback tree to the source node. As a result,it improves the reliability and privacy of data transmission and ensures the data redundancy.
文摘Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) which is composed of lots of self-organizational intelligence nodes has become new technology of information acquisition and processing. Location technology is one of the key technologies in WSN. There are many kinds of location algorithms currently and the research to performance evaluation and applicability analysis of algorithms has fundamental significance. For this reason, the paper firstly elaborated the performance evaluation indexes of location algorithms, and analyzed the location prin-ciples, characteristics and current fundamental problems to typical and some new location algorithms, and then analyzed and compared some typical location algorithms according to the location accuracy, node den-sity and hardware requirement, obtaining the sphere of application of these algorithms and pointing out the problems which need to be solved in WSN currently.
基金This work was funded by the Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant 60572066
文摘Wireless Mesh Network (WMN) has been actively researched and developed as a new network technology to support broadband high- speed multimedia services . This paper discusses WMN technology and applications , and introduces the basic technologies , typical applications and current development of the WMN. With the future development of wireless distribution technology and network, wireless Mesh technology and network will become the key networking technology and architecture of wireless mobile communications , and will be widely used in various wireless networks with more important roles .
文摘As an important branch of telecommunication technology, digital home networks have quickly developed in recent years. Although architecture of the digital home network based on telecommunication networks has been standardized in China, only wireless access is defined to be allowable. Therefore, it becomes the focus of further research how to establish a wireless digital home network. This article proposes the concept and shows the architecture of ubiquitous access for wireless digital home networks. Moreover, key technologies for ubiquitous access are discussed here, including cognitive radio, the concept of wireless Mesh, generic link transfer mechanism, Quality of Service (QoS) guarantee mechanism, Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) and coexistence of heterogeneous systems.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 60632030the E3 Project(FP7-ICT-2007-216248) with in Community’s Seventh Framework Program.
文摘The End-to-End Reconfigurability (E2R) project aims at realizing the convergence of the heterogeneous radio networks and the optimal utilization of the radio resources. With the continuous development of E2R technology and cognitive theory, the evolution from existing radio networks to future reconfigurable radio networks with the cognitive ability becomes possible. Nowadays the research aspects of E2R include the system architecture of reconfigurable radio networks and some key technologies for their evolution.
基金the Jiangsu Natural Science Foundation under Grant No.BK2007236Jiangsu Six-Categories Top Talent Fundunder Grand No.SJ207001
文摘Convergence and collaboration of heterogeneous networks in the next generation public mobile networks will be a subject of universal significance. Convergence of heterogeneous networks, as an effective approach to improve the coverage and capacity of public mobile network, to enable communication services, to provide Internet access and to enable mobile computing from everywhere, has drawn widespread attention for its good prospects in application. Construction of security system for wireless heterogeneous networks and development of new security models, key security techniques and approaches are critical and mandatory in heterogeneous networks development. Key technology of wireless heterogeneous networks security covers security routing protocol, access authentication, intrusion detection system, cooperative communication between nodes, etc.
文摘The Wireless Mesh Network (WMN) has become a focus in research of wireless broadband communications . In a switching technologies - based wireless Mesh network, the entire network is regarded as an IP subnet, so it cannot be applied in situations where large coverage is required . The use of cooperative relaying technologies can improve the transmission rate and reliability of wireless link; while the wireless Mesh network, once integrated with cooperative relaying technologies and routing technologies , can improve its spectrum efficiency and cover a wide area . However, there are many problems to be solved with respect to standardization, key technologies research and industrialization. Therefore , the application of cooperative relaying technologies in wireless Mesh networks is still a great challenge .
基金This work was funded by Special Standardization Foundation of the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality under Grant 07DZ05018the Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai Municipality under Grant 07ZR14104
文摘The continuous increase of data transmission density in wireless mobile communications has posed a challenge to the system performance of Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs ). There is a rule for wireless Ad hoc networks that the average node capacity decreases while the number of nodes increases , so it is hard to establish a large - scale wireless Mesh network. Network scalability is very important for enhancing the adaptive networking capability of the wireless Mesh network. This article discusses key scalability technologies for Mesh Base Stations (BSs ) and Mesh Mobile Stations (MSs ), such as channel allocation, intelligent routing , multi- antenna , node classification, Quality of Service (QoS) differentiation and cooperative transmission.
文摘The Wireless Mesh Network (WMN) is a special kind of Ad hoc network with a hierarchical network structure . Its backbone transmission network has such characteristics as multi- hop , topology stability, no electricity supply constraints , convergence of flows . Improving the spatial reuse of spectrum is an effective approach to increase network capacity. The linchpin of this approach is to effectively control the interference range between wireless links . The multi- channel networking technology is one of the key technologies of WMN, and its core is the channel allocation through which the channel utilization can be maximized . The mutual interference between multi- hop wireless links should be considered when choosing the routing metrics in WMN. Through the load - balancing routing method , the network capacity and throughput of nodes can be improved .
文摘This paper introduces the architecture of wireless sensor networks, presents a cross-layer network management and control mechanism. The key technologies, such as Medium Access Control (MAC) and wireless routing protocols are discussed and compared. A proposal of applying the simple IEEE 802 MAC protocol into the wireless sensor network is introduced. In addition, in order to improve the system capacity, a multi-channel strategy for the sensor nodes is presented for decreasing the blocking probability and suppressing the accessing time delay. It is concluded that there are still a number of problems to be solved, including decreasing power consumption, improving capacity and avoiding access collision, to promote the successful commercial application of wireless sensor network.
文摘When computers and communication devices are available everywhere in the future, the categories of communication will expand to cover not only the man-man and the man-machine, but also the machine-machine (M2M) communication. Someday, the traffic generated by machines will greatly exceed those of man-machine and man-man applications. Large numbers of M2M applications will need various wireless networks to support them. This paper introduces the characteristics, advantages and disadvantages of the currently available various wireless network technologies, including WiFi, Bluetooth, ZigBee, passive RFID and the 802.15 standard networks.
基金Supported by the Fund for Independent Innovation of Agricultural Sciences in Jiangsu Province(CX(14)2108&CX(13)5066)~~
文摘A low-power environmental monitoring system based on WSN technology is proposed to effectively monitor the environmental status and ensure the healthy growth of greenhouse crops in the greenhouse. The system performs dynamic mon- itoring on the environmental data of temperature, humidity, illumination, soil tempera- ture and humidity of the greenhouse, and it reduces the energy consumption by us- ing solar energy and lithium battery as the power supply mode and dynamic power management algorithm combined with improved routing protocol. Stable and reliable, the system could effectively monitor the key environmental factors in the green- house, making it of certain promotion value.
文摘In the study of intelligent space oriented to home service robot, an important technology is how to construct an communication network which has the characters of high reliability and easy building. In this paper, based on the characteristics of ZigBee protocol, ZigBee technology is used to construct a wireless sensor and actor network. Several intelligent services based on ZigBee wireless sensor and actor network are shown to certify the reliability of this communication network. ZigBee wireless sensor and actor network builds an information bridge for the components in the intelligent space, the spatially distributed devices are connected together seamlessly. With this network, robot can share the mass information in the intelligent space and improve its performance with 'light-packs', devices in intelligent space, such as lamp, curtain can be controlled autonomously.
文摘Smart Grid (SG) is an emerging paradigm of the modern world to upgrade and enhance the existing conventional electrical power infrastructure from generation to distribution to the consumers in a two-way communication fashion to automate the electrical power demand and supply and make this a cyber-physical system. SG infrastructure key elements, such as smart meters, circuit breakers, transformers, feeders, substations, control centers, grid stations, are required well-formed communication network architectures. SG infrastructure is divided into three main communication networks architectures, such as HAH, NAN, and WAN. Each of these communication network architectures requires reliable, stable, secure, high data rate at real-time with the help of different wireline and wireless communication technologies from HAN to WAN networks. To understand the complete concepts about SG, a concise review is presented and it will help the readers to get foundations of communication network architectures and technologies of SG.
文摘In view of the rapid growth of China's aging population and the rising demand for the medical services,it is more necessary to build a health management system of the traditional Chinese medicine based on the wireless sensor networks.This design combines the ZigBee technology,the city grid management and the virtual reality technology,to establish a real-time,accurate and fine health monitoring system,so as to comprehensively improve the efficiency,quality and level of people's health management.
基金This work was supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (2014AA051901), the International S&T Cooperation Program of China (2014DFG62670), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51207077, 51261130472, and 51577096). Thanks for the contributions of Dr. Yibao Jiang and Dr. Xiaoshuang Chert on this paper.
文摘Under intense environmental pressure, the global energy sector is promoting the integration of renewable energy into interconnected energy systems. The demand-side management (DSM) of energy systems has drawn considerable industrial and academic attention in attempts to form new flexibilities to respond to variations in renewable energy inputs to the system. However, many DSM concepts are still in the experimental demonstration phase. One of the obstacles to DSM usage is that the current information infrastructure was mainly designed for centralized systems, and does not meet DSM requirements. To overcome this barrier, this paper proposes a novel information infrastructure named the lnternet of Energy Things (IoET) in order to make DSM practicable by basing it on the latest wireless communication technology: the low-power wide-area network (LPWAN). The primary advantage of LPWAN over general packet radio service (GPRS) and area Internet of Things (loT) is its wide-area coverage, which comes with minimum power consumption and maintenance costs. Against this background, this paper briefly reviews the representative LPWAN tech- nologies of narrow-band Internet of Things (NB-IoT) and Long Range (LORa) technology, and compares them with GPRS and area IoT technology. Next, a wireless-to-cloud architecture is proposed for the IoET, based on the main technical features of LPWAN. Finally, this paper looks forward to the potential of IoET in various DSM application scenarios.
文摘The publication of Tsinghua Science and Technology was started in 1996. Since then, it has been an international academic journal sponsored by Tsinghua University and published bimonthly. This journal aims at presenting the state-of-art scientific achievements in computer science, and other IT fields, and is currently indexed by Ei and other abstracting indices. From year 2013, the journal will be available for open access through IEEE Xplore Digital Library. This year's special section on Wireless Computing and Networking of Tsinghua Science and Technology is devoted to gather and present new research that address the challenges in the broad areas of Wireless Networks, Sensor Networks, Wireless Computing and Communication. While Wireless Networks have great potential to provide heterogeneous access and services for ubiquitous users, the demanding communication environment of wireless networks imposes challenges to many interesting research topics, such as channel estimation, communication protocol design, resource management, system design and so on. In Wireless Network research, it is unavoidable to wrestle unique problems such as non-uniform spectrum allocation, various radio resource management policies, economic concerns, the scarcity of radio resources, and user mobility. This Special Section therefore aims to publish high quality, original, unpublished research papers in the broad area of Wireless Computing and Networking, and thus presents a platform for scientists and scholars to share their observations and research results in the field. Specific topics for this special section include but are not limited to: