Any Time, Anywhere Computing

by Helal, Abdelsalam A.; Haskell, Bert; Carter, Jeffery L.; Brice, Richard; Woelk, Darrell; Rusinkiewicz, Marek

• ISBN13: 9780792386100
• ISBN10: 0792386108
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-08-01
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub

Summary

The proliferation of wireless networks and small portable computing devices has led to the emergence of the mobile computing paradigm. Mobile and nomadic users carrying laptops or hand-held computers are able to connect to the Internet through publicly available wireline or wireless networks. In the near future, this trend can only grow as exciting new services and infrastructures delivering wireless voice and multimedia data are deployed. Any Time, Anywhere Computing: Mobile Computing Concepts and Technology is intended for technical and non-technical readers. It includes substantial coverage of the technologies that are shaping mobile computing. Current and future portables technology is covered and explained. Similarly, current and future wireless telecommunication networks technology is covered and reviewed. By presenting commercial solutions and middleware, this book will also help IT professionals who are looking for mobile solutions to their enterprise computing needs. Finally, this book surveys a vast body of recent research in the area of mobile computing. The research coverage is likely to benefit researchers and students from academia as well as industry.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xi
Preface	xiii
Introduction to Mobile Computing	1	(12)
Impressive Technology	2	(2)
Wireless and Mobile Computing Architecture	4	(6)
Limitations of the Wireless and Mobile Environment	10	(3)
Wireless Telecommunication Networks	13	(14)
Digital Cellular Systems	15	(3)
Time-Division Multiple Access (TDMA)	15	(1)
Code-Division Multiple Access (CDMA)	16	(2)
The Wireless Network Technology	18	(3)
In-room Infrared	18	(1)
In-room Radio Frequency	19	(1)
In-building Radio Frequency	19	(1)
Campus/Metropolitan Area Packet Networks	20	(1)
Wide-Area Packet/Circuit Switched Data Networks	20	(1)
Satellite Networks	21	(1)
Mobility-Bandwidth Tradeoffs	21	(1)
Systems Issues	22	(5)
Multimedia Applications	25	(2)
Portable Information Appliances	27	(22)
Historical Evolution	27	(5)
The Advent of the PDA	32	(3)
Palmtop Computers	35	(2)
The Palm Pilot	36	(1)
Hand-held Computers	37	(2)
Sharp Power Zaurus	37	(2)
VADEM Clio	39	(1)
Communicators	39	(3)
Nokia 9000	40	(1)
Motorola Marco	41	(1)
Sub-notebooks (Micro-notebooks)	42	(2)
Notebooks	44	(1)
Laptops	44	(2)
Other Information Appliances	46	(3)
HP CapShare	46	(1)
Clarion AutoPC	47	(2)
Future Information Appliances	49	(14)
New Challenges	49	(2)
Emerging Portable Information Appliances and Teleservices	51	(10)
Wearable Computing (MIT)	52	(1)
Wearable Computer Systems (CMU)	52	(1)
IBM Wearable PC	53	(1)
BodyLAN: A Wearable RF Communications System	53	(2)
Toshiba Desk Area Network (DAN)	55	(1)
BlueTooth	55	(1)
Seiko Wristwatch PC	55	(1)
NTT PHS Wristwatch Phone	56	(1)
NTT Ring Keyboard	57	(1)
Display Pad: The Next Generation TV	58	(1)
The Ear Phone	59	(1)
Power Ring and the Magic Wand	60	(1)
Concluding Remarks	61	(2)
Future Wireless Communication Networks	63	(26)
Future Wireless Teleservices	64	(3)
Wireline Network Services	64	(1)
Wireless Service Evolution	65	(1)
Market Evolution	66	(1)
Emerging Wireless Network Standards	67	(5)
IMT-2000	67	(2)
UMTS	69	(2)
ACTS	71	(1)
Third Generation Wireless Networks	72	(14)
Time Division/Code Division Multiple Access	74	(3)
Wideband Code Division Multiple Access	77	(6)
Space Division Multiple Access	83	(3)
Fourth Generation Wireless Research	86	(1)
Concluding Remarks	87	(2)
State of Industry: Mobility Support Software	89	(10)
Competing Philosophies	89	(2)
End-User Client Applications	91	(2)
Oracle Mobile Agents	91	(1)
Oracle Lite	91	(1)
Oracle Software Manager	92	(1)
Oracle Replication Manager	92	(1)
Sybase SQL Remote	92	(1)
Mobility Middleware	93	(2)
MobileWare Office Server	93	(1)
Shiva PPP	94	(1)
Interoperability and Standardization	95	(2)
Shortcomings and Limitations	97	(2)
Research in Wireless and Mobile Computing	99	(38)
Mobile Networking	100	(9)
Early Approaches: Virtual IP Protocols	100	(1)
Loose Source Routing Protocol	101	(1)
The Mobile Internet Protocol (Mobile-IP)	102	(4)
Cellular Digital Packet Data (CDPD)	106	(1)
The GSM General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)	107	(1)
Security and Authentication Issues in Mobile Networks	108	(1)
Quality of Service in Mobile Networks	109	(10)
Optimizing TCP/IP for Mobile Networks	110	(2)
QoS Driven, High-Level Communication Protocols	112	(2)
QoS Driven, Full Protocol Stacks	114	(5)
Mobile Access to the World Wide Web	119	(4)
The Wireless WWW (W4)	119	(1)
Dynamic Documents	119	(1)
Dynamic URLs	120	(1)
Mobile Browser (MOWSER)	120	(1)
WebExpress	121	(2)
Mobile Data Management	123	(3)
Mobile Client/Server Data Access	123	(2)
Mobile Data Access in Ad-hoc Networks	125	(1)
Mobile Transactions	126	(5)
Reporting and Co-Transactions	126	(1)
The Kangaroo Transaction Model	127	(1)
The Clustering Model	128	(1)
Isolation-Only Transactions	129	(1)
The Two-tier Transaction Model	129	(1)
Semantic-based Nomadic Transaction Processing	130	(1)
Mobile Computing Models	131	(6)
The Client/Server Model	131	(1)
The Client/Proxy/Server Model	132	(1)
The Disconnected Operation Model	133	(1)
The Mobile Agent Model	133	(1)
The Thin Client Model	134	(3)
Appendix-A: Glossary of Common Abbreviations	137	(8)
Appendix-B: Wireless Cellular Systems	145	(6)
Appendix-C: Standards Organizations	151	(6)
References	157	(8)
Index	165