Trajectory and Mobility Based Services : A Research Agenda

Abstract

In light of the definition of- and research agendas for Location Based Services (LBS), this paper first defines Trajectory- and Mobility Based Services (TBS and MBS) which place the trajectory-, mobility- or mobility need of an individual user or a population of users in the center and then presents the problem characteristics and challenges in TBS and MBS for two class of applications: (i) resource-aware trajectory / mobility services and (ii) trajectory based resource infrastructure and operations optimization. The paper’s aim is to 1) implicitly present a work-in-progress research agenda for TBS and MBS, 2) cluster and raise the interests of researchers from different fields and 3) start the process of alternative or complementary characterizations and the process of discovery of new challenges and opportunities in TBS and MBS.