Mobile social networks: State-of-the-art and a new vision

International Journal of Communication Systems

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1245-1259

  Yang, Kun ^a   Cheng, Xueqi ^a   Hu, Liang ^a   Zhang, Jianming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cross layer design; mobile social networks; network aware social networks; social networks; socially aware wireless networks; wireless networks

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION LAYERS; COMMUNICATION LAYERS; CROSS-LAYER; CROSS-LAYER DESIGN; END-USERS; EXCITING FIELD; INFORMATION EXCHANGES; MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; MOBILE SOCIAL NETWORKS; MOBILE WIRELESS NETWORK; RAPID ADVANCEMENT; RESEARCH ACTIVITIES; RESEARCH CHALLENGES; SEAMLESS INTEGRATION; SOCIAL COMPUTING; SOCIAL NETWORKS; WIRELESS NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES;

MOBILE DEVICES; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; NETWORK LAYERS; RESEARCH; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); SUPPLY CHAINS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPUTING;

EID: 84867103049     PISSN: 10745351     EISSN: 10991131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dac.1380     Document Type: Article

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