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2.6.4 Pervasiveness of Mobile Intelligence

Another trend in mobile computing is mobile intelligence deeply

immersed in the computing environment. Mobile intelligence

refers to the schemes and techniques incorporated into the mobile

application and service architecture that utilize a wide range of

datasets in surrounding wireless networks to facilitate context

awareness, decision making, location awareness, and user pro-

file awareness. Convergence in mobile access makes it easy for

an application or a service to connect to various wireless net-

works, whereas pervasive mobile intelligence harnesses ubiquitous

mobile access to assist users in adapting to the surrounding envi-

ronment, interacting with others, and enriching ...