<s>
Following	O
this	O
definition	O
,	O
there	O
exist	O
numerous	O
communication	O
mechanisms	O
that	O
are	O
partly	O
equivalent	O
in	O
their	O
basic	O
functionality	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Wi-Fi	O
,	O
Bluetooth	B-Protocol
and	O
Zigbee	B-Protocol
for	O
local	O
wireless	O
networks	O
and	O
UMTS	O
and	O
LTE	O
for	O
broadband	O
wireless	O
connections	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
central	O
concept	O
of	O
Autonomic	B-Architecture
Computing	I-Architecture
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
determine	O
the	O
state	O
of	O
the	O
communication	O
system	O
,	O
to	O
analyze	O
the	O
monitoring	O
data	O
and	O
to	O
plan	O
and	O
execute	O
the	O
necessary	O
transition(s )	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
associated	O
building	O
blocks	O
comprise	O
(	O
i	O
)	O
Dynamic	O
Software	B-Application
Product	I-Application
Lines	I-Application
,	O
(	O
ii	O
)	O
Markov	O
Decision	O
Processes	O
and	O
(	O
iii	O
)	O
Utility	O
Design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Dynamic	O
Software	B-Application
Product	I-Application
Lines	I-Application
provide	O
a	O
method	O
to	O
concisely	O
capture	O
a	O
large	O
configuration	O
space	O
and	O
to	O
specify	O
run	O
time	O
variability	O
of	O
adaptive	O
systems	O
,	O
Markov	O
Decision	O
Processes	O
provide	O
a	O
mathematical	O
tool	O
to	O
define	O
and	O
plan	O
transitions	O
between	O
available	O
communication	O
mechanisms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Applications	O
of	O
the	O
idea	O
of	O
transitions	O
have	O
found	O
their	O
way	O
to	O
wireless	O
sensor	O
networks	O
and	O
mobile	O
networks	O
,	O
distributed	O
reactive	O
programming	O
,	O
WiFi	O
firmware	O
modification	O
,	O
planning	O
of	O
autonomic	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
systems	O
,	O
analysis	O
of	O
CDNs	B-Operating_System
,	O
flexible	O
extensions	O
of	O
the	O
ISO	O
OSI	O
stack	O
,	O
5G	O
mmWave	O
vehicular	O
communications	O
,	O
the	O
analysis	O
of	O
MapReduce-like	O
parallel	O
systems	O
,	O
scheduling	O
of	O
Multipath	B-Protocol
TCP	I-Protocol
,	O
adaptivity	O
for	O
beam	O
training	O
in	O
802.11ad	B-General_Concept
,	O
operator	O
placement	O
in	O
dynamic	O
user	O
environments	O
,	O
DASH	B-Protocol
video	O
player	O
analysis	O
,	O
adaptive	O
bitrate	O
streaming	O
and	O
complex	B-Operating_System
event	I-Operating_System
processing	I-Operating_System
on	O
mobile	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
