22,109 research outputs found
Optimisation of Mobile Communication Networks - OMCO NET
The mini conference “Optimisation of Mobile Communication Networks” focuses on advanced methods for search and optimisation applied to wireless communication networks. It is sponsored by Research & Enterprise Fund Southampton Solent University.
The conference strives to widen knowledge on advanced search methods capable of optimisation of wireless communications networks. The aim is to provide a forum for exchange of recent knowledge, new ideas and trends in this progressive and challenging area. The conference will popularise new successful approaches on resolving hard tasks such as minimisation of transmit power, cooperative and optimal routing
Incentive Mechanisms for Participatory Sensing: Survey and Research Challenges
Participatory sensing is a powerful paradigm which takes advantage of
smartphones to collect and analyze data beyond the scale of what was previously
possible. Given that participatory sensing systems rely completely on the
users' willingness to submit up-to-date and accurate information, it is
paramount to effectively incentivize users' active and reliable participation.
In this paper, we survey existing literature on incentive mechanisms for
participatory sensing systems. In particular, we present a taxonomy of existing
incentive mechanisms for participatory sensing systems, which are subsequently
discussed in depth by comparing and contrasting different approaches. Finally,
we discuss an agenda of open research challenges in incentivizing users in
participatory sensing.Comment: Updated version, 4/25/201
CommuniSense: Crowdsourcing Road Hazards in Nairobi
Nairobi is one of the fastest growing metropolitan cities and a major
business and technology powerhouse in Africa. However, Nairobi currently lacks
monitoring technologies to obtain reliable data on traffic and road
infrastructure conditions. In this paper, we investigate the use of mobile
crowdsourcing as means to gather and document Nairobi's road quality
information. We first present the key findings of a city-wide road quality
survey about the perception of existing road quality conditions in Nairobi.
Based on the survey's findings, we then developed a mobile crowdsourcing
application, called CommuniSense, to collect road quality data. The application
serves as a tool for users to locate, describe, and photograph road hazards. We
tested our application through a two-week field study amongst 30 participants
to document various forms of road hazards from different areas in Nairobi. To
verify the authenticity of user-contributed reports from our field study, we
proposed to use online crowdsourcing using Amazon's Mechanical Turk (MTurk) to
verify whether submitted reports indeed depict road hazards. We found 92% of
user-submitted reports to match the MTurkers judgements. While our prototype
was designed and tested on a specific city, our methodology is applicable to
other developing cities.Comment: In Proceedings of 17th International Conference on Human-Computer
Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI 2015
Modeling IoT-aware Business Processes - A State of the Art Report
This research report presents an analysis of the state of the art of modeling
Internet of Things (IoT)-aware business processes. IOT links the physical world
to the digital world. Traditionally, we would find information about events and
processes in the physical world in the digital world entered by humans and
humans using this information to control the physical world. In the IoT
paradigm, the physical world is equipped with sensors and actuators to create a
direct link with the digital world. Business processes are used to coordinate a
complex environment including multiple actors for a common goal, typically in
the context of administrative work. In the past few years, we have seen
research efforts on the possibilities to model IoT- aware business processes,
extending process coordination to real world entities directly. This set of
research efforts is relatively small when compared to the overall research
effort into the IoT and much of the work is still in the early research stage.
To create a basis for a bridge between IoT and BPM, the goal of this report is
to collect and analyze the state of the art of existing frameworks for modeling
IoT-aware business processes.Comment: 42 page
Participatory sensing as an enabler for self-organisation in future cellular networks
In this short review paper we summarise the emerging challenges in the field of participatory sensing for the self-organisation of the next generation of wireless cellular networks. We identify the potential of participatory sensing in enabling the self-organisation, deployment optimisation and radio resource management of wireless cellular networks. We also highlight how this approach can meet the future goals for the next generation of cellular system in terms of infrastructure sharing, management of multiple radio access techniques, flexible usage of spectrum and efficient management of very small data cells
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