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Multidisciplinary Views on Mobile Communications

A special issue of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). This special issue belongs to the section "Networks".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 12049

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Dr. Miquel Oliver Riera

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Department of Information Technology and Communications, Pompeu Fabra University, 08002 Barcelona, Spain
Interests: Mobile communications, with a multidisciplinary view including regulation, telecom policies, blockchain, and economic impact.

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Mobile communications have been connecting an extraordinarily increasing number of devices to the Internet. Determining how to gather the massive amount of devices and the data generated by them in efficient, secure, and economical ways is an essential research topic.

A holistic and multidisciplinary research approach is needed to include new and emerging technologies from other areas (computer vision, blockchain, machine learning, etc.) and explore their impact on the mobile communications world.

This Special Issue invites original research that investigates any disruptive technologies impacting mobile and wireless communications with a (non-exhaustive) list of potential topics including the following:

  • Evolution of mobile systems beyond 5G
  • Advances in security and cryptography applied to mobile communications
  • Blockchain applications in 5G and beyond
  • Use of mobile technologies in smart cities and urban mobility
  • Confluence of computer vision and mobile/wireless technologies
  • Use of mobile technologies in education
  • Machine learning applied in mobile networks
  • Social impact of wireless communications

Prof. Dr. Miquel Oliver Riera
Guest Editor

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Electronics is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • mobile communications
  • social impact
  • blockchain
  • smart cities

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Paradigm Shifting—The Use of Mobile Communications at Work and the Subsequent Effects
by Claudiu George Bocean, Silvia Puiu and Anca Antoaneta Vărzaru
Electronics 2021, 10(22), 2747; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10222747 - 10 Nov 2021
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The physical distancing measures generated by the COVID-19 pandemic have forced companies to rethink employment patterns and to pay much more attention to the possibility of carrying out work through telework. The expansion of telework, a phenomenon that manifested itself even before the [...] Read more.
The physical distancing measures generated by the COVID-19 pandemic have forced companies to rethink employment patterns and to pay much more attention to the possibility of carrying out work through telework. The expansion of telework, a phenomenon that manifested itself even before the pandemic’s health crisis, has gained a particular momentum, changing how work is carried out. The main purpose of this paper is to study the main macroeconomic effects of the accelerated expansion of telework on the economic performance and the employment structure by the economic sectors of the workforce. Using artificial neural network analysis and structured equation modeling, the study highlights the significant influences of telework on economic performance and speeding up the transition service-based economy. The share of teleworkers has a significantly positive influence on economic performance. Moreover, the employees’ use of computers, mobile devices, and the internet has a strong mediation effect on the relationship between telework and employment in services. Given these considerations, teleworking is a phenomenon that will become a permanent feature of the future. Full article
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Assessing Antecedents of Behavioral Intention to Use Mobile Technologies in E-Commerce
by Anca Antoaneta Vărzaru, Claudiu George Bocean, Claudia Cristina Rotea and Adrian-Florin Budică-Iacob
Electronics 2021, 10(18), 2231; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10182231 - 11 Sep 2021
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The last decades have seen continuous increases in electronic commerce (e-commerce) and particularly mobile commerce (m-commerce). These sharp increases, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, have led companies to become aware of the potential of this trade channel. This paper investigates the effects of [...] Read more.
The last decades have seen continuous increases in electronic commerce (e-commerce) and particularly mobile commerce (m-commerce). These sharp increases, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, have led companies to become aware of the potential of this trade channel. This paper investigates the effects of antecedents on behavioral intention in m-commerce and the role of consumer satisfaction in the buyer decision process. In our investigation, we used the modified technology acceptance model (TAM). The research was conducted through a survey based on a self-administered questionnaire, with the data being analyzed by structural equation modeling and cross-tabulation. Following the investigation, we found that perceived usefulness (PU) and perceived ease of use (PEU) positively influence behavioral intention. Consumer satisfaction also plays a significantly positive role in m-commerce actual use, influencing future behavioral intention. The results also showed that generational and gender differences strongly affect behavioral intention, with younger generations and male respondents being more inclined to use m-commerce. Full article
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Use of Mobile Technologies in Personal Learning Environments of Intercultural Contexts: Individual and Group Tasks
by María Tomé-Fernández, Elvira Curiel-Marín and Elisabet Caraballo
Electronics 2020, 9(5), 876; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics9050876 - 25 May 2020
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This paper presents the results of the analysis of the personal learning environments (PLE) used individually and in groups by fifth grade primary education students. The main objective was to determine if the use of mobile technologies in the students’ PLEs encouraged their [...] Read more.
This paper presents the results of the analysis of the personal learning environments (PLE) used individually and in groups by fifth grade primary education students. The main objective was to determine if the use of mobile technologies in the students’ PLEs encouraged their school integration and learning in intercultural communities. For this, a content analysis of the students’ responses to an ad hoc interview was carried out, with a content validity index of 0.89. The students represented their answers using 41 concept maps in the individual tasks and 5 in the group tasks, which were analyzed with the Nvivo software in its latest version. The results show the categorization of the students’ responses in three dimensions: read, make/reflection and relationship. Among the main conclusions, it was obtained that, in both types of tasks, the strategies and tools that fostered intercultural relationships, intercultural education and communication between the students, and therefore school integration, are mostly linked to the use of mobile technologies applications, such as Wikipedia, the internet, Word, PowerPoint, social networks and YouTube, although it is essential to develop more studies to have more data to understand the phenomenon in depth. Full article
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