Heterogeneous wireless access technology and its impact on forming and maintaining friendship through mobile social networks

International Journal of Communication Systems

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1300-1312

  Ou, Shumao ^a   Pan, Hui ^b   Li, Feng ^c  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

^c CHANGSHA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

friendship formation model; heterogeneous wireless access; mobile social network

Indexed keywords

DELIVERY COSTS; FORMATION MODEL; MOBILE SOCIAL NETWORKS; MOBILE USERS; NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS; NETWORK-AWARE SCHEDULING; ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKS; QOS REQUIREMENTS; SCHEDULING MECHANISM; USER DATA; WIRELESS ACCESS; WIRELESS ACCESS TECHNOLOGY;

GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPUTING;

EID: 84867099679     PISSN: 10745351     EISSN: 10991131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dac.1314     Document Type: Article

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