The Wireless World Web

Author

Keramane, Cherif

Author_Institution

Ericsson, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA

Volume

7

Issue

2

fYear

2000

Firstpage

10

Lastpage

14

Abstract

Technologies developed during the last decade have undoubtedly changed the face of the computing world. The Internet explosion and the progress in network operation and deployment have made the single, isolated computer completely obsolete. The device of tomorrow will be neither the portable computer we now have nor the mobile phone we use every day, but a combination of the two, fitting in a child´s palm and perpetually connected to the whole world. The need for geographical freedom has prompted discussions about mobile protocols and a mobile Internet infrastructure. The mobile IP (Internet protocol) working group hosted by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) has worked actively since 1996 on defining an alternative to mobile IP through a routing support allowing IP nodes to roam seamlessly among IP subnetworks while using either IPv4 or iPv6. The paper discusses the emergent technologies

Keywords

Internet; portable computers; transport protocols; wireless LAN; Internet; Internet Engineering Task Force; Wireless World Web; mobile IP; mobile Internet; mobile phone; mobile protocols; network routing; portable computer; Application software; Bluetooth; Computer architecture; Convergence; Mobile handsets; Operating systems; Pervasive computing; Smart phones; Telecommunication computing; Wireless application protocol;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

MultiMedia, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1070-986X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/93.848418

Filename

848418