Title :
Opportunities in Opportunistic Computing
Author :
Conti, Marco ; Kumar, Mohan
Author_Institution :
Italian Nat. Res. Council, Italy
Abstract :
When two devices come into contact, albeit opportunistically, it provides a great opportunity to match services to resources, exchange information, cyberforage, execute tasks remotely, and forward messages.
Keywords :
mobile computing; cyberforage; information exchange; opportunistic computing; Cameras; Cellular phones; Communications technology; Computer networks; Humans; Mobile computing; Pervasive computing; Social network services; Vehicles; Wireless communication; Cyberforage; Distributed networking; Mobile agents; Opportunistic computing;