Location-Based Services [chapter]

Djoerd Hiemstra, Nicholas Kushmerick, Carlotta Domeniconi, Chris D. Paice, Michael W. Carroll, Christian S. Jensen, Fausto Giunchiglia, Ilya Zaihrayeu, Donghui Zhang, Yannis Manolopoulos, Yannis Theodoridis, Vassilis J. Tsotras (+23 others)
2009 Encyclopedia of Database Systems  
Location Management (LM) has become a diverse and broad field for research, and Location Based Services (LBS) are the "Application Layer" of LM. Research areas for LM include LM in Wireless Networks, Ad-hoc networks, WiFi, 802.15, WiMax, and mostly; cellular networks. The integration of IP (especially IPv6) into LM is the hottest topic of today. This survey paper tends to introduce the reader to the latest research on LM in Wireless Data Networks and explore the various technologies under research and construction.
doi:10.1007/978-0-387-39940-9_494 fatcat:24ophup6tbgathet2hkpcp6nr4