Wireless pervasive networks for safety operations and secure transportations

The paper contains an introduction about pervasive communications and networking and a focus about two application environments where wireless pervasive networks will be essential in future: information and communication technology (ICT) for emergency operations; and communication infrastructure for future logistics and secure transportation. Developing wireless pervasive networking for these environments imply the introduction of innovative solutions concerning: architectures, quality of service, mobility and security management, protocols, resource allocation, vertical handover, and delay tolerant networking. All these issues are discussed in the paper as well as the features of future interworking devices, called Interconnection Gateways, which may represent a suitable solution for efficient pervasive networking.