TY - GEN
T1 - Wireless grids
T2 - IFIP TC8 WG 8.2 International Working Conference on Designing Ubiquitous Information Environments: Socio-Technical Issues and Challenges
AU - McKnight, Lee W.
AU - Sharif, Raed M.
AU - van de Wijngaert, Lidwien
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - The objective of this paper is to assess the value of wireless grids from the perspective of users. In a ubiquitous information environment, wireless grids allow the ad hoc sharing of resources (e.g., microphones, screens, processing power) of edge devices (e.g., mobile phone, laptop, PDA). Wireless grids are one of the emerging wireless communication concepts that have been developed in university and industry research laboratories. So far, literature about wireless grids has tackled some of the technical and policy issues about the technology. This paper provides the first empirical study about wireless grid technology from the user perspective. Using Rogers' diffusion of innovations model, this paper focuses on the future diffusion of this technology. Using the results of two focus group meetings, we suggest that the introduction of the technology and its future diffusion will be a complex process. The future acceptance and use of this technology requires not only social and mental changes to move from one stage to another in the diffusion process, but also changes in the coordination and pricing mechanisms, and even changes in the technology itself.
AB - The objective of this paper is to assess the value of wireless grids from the perspective of users. In a ubiquitous information environment, wireless grids allow the ad hoc sharing of resources (e.g., microphones, screens, processing power) of edge devices (e.g., mobile phone, laptop, PDA). Wireless grids are one of the emerging wireless communication concepts that have been developed in university and industry research laboratories. So far, literature about wireless grids has tackled some of the technical and policy issues about the technology. This paper provides the first empirical study about wireless grid technology from the user perspective. Using Rogers' diffusion of innovations model, this paper focuses on the future diffusion of this technology. Using the results of two focus group meetings, we suggest that the introduction of the technology and its future diffusion will be a complex process. The future acceptance and use of this technology requires not only social and mental changes to move from one stage to another in the diffusion process, but also changes in the coordination and pricing mechanisms, and even changes in the technology itself.
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U2 - 10.1007/0-387-28918-6_14
DO - 10.1007/0-387-28918-6_14
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84902973607
SN - 9780387275604
T3 - IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
SP - 169
EP - 181
BT - Designing Ubiquitous Information Environments
PB - Springer New York LLC
Y2 - 1 August 2005 through 3 August 2005
ER -