MIT 2000-10 Software Technologies for Wireless Communication and Multimedia Networks
As communication penetrates into more aspects of daily life, the number of specialpurpose devices, networks, and systems is increasing rapidly. At the same time, computation technologies are producing increasingly powerful general-purpose devices and systems. These two trends raise an interesting research problem, namely, how to design multiple-purpose communication devices and systems that efficiently adapt general capabilities to specific tasks. Adaptable devices and systems would