Special issue : Context in autonomic communication and computing

International Journal of Internet Protocol Technology 2(1) 2007 is a special issue : Context in autonomic communication and computing. The area of autonomic communication and computing encompasses new paradigms for networking communication and computation. This next generation of systems will require a great degree of research in self-knowledge, self-management and introspective capability in order for such systems to gain an understanding of events and situations. A review: Challenges and research directions in autonomic communications is followed by theoretical papers and others on applications in health and multimedia.