A policy-based middleware for context-aware pervasive computing

International Journal of Pervasive Computing and Communications

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 43-68

  El Khaddar, Mehdia Ajana ^a   Chraibi, Mhammed ^b   Harroud, Hamid ^b   Boulmalf, Mohammed ^c   Elkoutbi, Mohammed ^a   Maach, Abdelilah ^d  

^a MOHAMMED V UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b AL AKHAWAYN UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^c INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF RABAT   (Morocco)

^d MOHAMMED V UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Context aware; FlexRFID; Health care; Middleware; Performance; Pervasive computing; Policy based; RFID; Security; WSN

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928536703     PISSN: 17427371     EISSN: 1742738X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJPCC-07-2014-0039     Document Type: Article

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