Mobile computing / edited by Tomasz Imielinski, Henry F. Korth.

The desire and the necessity for accessing and processing information stored in computer networks ̀anytime and anywhere' has been the impetus for the growing interest in mobile computing research. Wired computing networks and end devices such as PCs and workstations have effectively extended th...

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Other Authors: Imieliński, Tomasz, Korth, Henry F.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, ©1996.
Series:Kluwer international series in engineering and computer science ; SECS 353.
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Table of Contents:
  • To Mobile Computing
  • The Parctab Ubiquitous Computing Experiment
  • Scalable Support for Transparent Mobile Internetworking
  • Location Management for Networks with Mobile Users
  • Dynamic Source Routing in Ad Hoc Wireless Networks
  • Routing Over Multi-Hop Wireless Network of Mobile Computers
  • Improving the Performance of Reliable Transport Protocols in Mobile Computing Environments
  • Indirect Transport Layer Protocols for Mobile Wireless Environment
  • Connecting Mobile Workstations to the Internet Over a Digital Cellular Telephone Network
  • Asynchronous Video: Coordinated Video Coding and Transport for Heterogeneous Networks with Wireless Access
  • Wireless Publishing: Issues and Solutions
  • Broadcast Disks: Data Management for Asymmetric Communication Environments
  • Application Design for Wireless Computing
  • Mobisaic: An Information System for a Mobile Wireless Computing Environment
  • Providing Location Information in a Ubiquitous Computing Environment
  • Unix for Nomads: Making Unix Support Mobile Computing
  • Scheduling for Reduced CPU Energy
  • Storage Alternatives for Mobile Computers
  • Disconnected Operation in the Coda File System
  • Experience with Disconnected Operation in a Mobile Computing Environment
  • Mobility Support for Sales and Inventory Applications
  • Strategies for Query Processing in Mobile Computing
  • The Case for Wireless Overlay Networks
  • The Diana Approach to Mobile Computing
  • The CMU Mobile Computers and Their Application for Maintenance
  • Genesis and Advanced Traveler Information Systems.