WiSAP: a wireless personal access network for handheld computing devices

Author

Bisdikian, Chatschik ; Bhagwat, Pravin ; Gaucher, Brian P. ; Janniello, Frank J. ; Naghshineh, Mahmoud ; Pandoh, Puneet ; Korpeoglu, Ibrahim

Author_Institution

IBM Thomas J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA

Volume

5

Issue

6

fYear

1998

fDate

12/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

18

Lastpage

25

Abstract

New short-range wireless communication technologies would enable environment-aware, mobile, personal area networks. These new technologies will serve as enablers for ubiquitous, low-cost, low-complexity, small-sized information appliances. These appliances will serve as interaction tools between humans and computer-driven services and applications existing in either the close or distant vicinity of humans. The new application paradigms these new technologies will enable are explored. Furthermore, an experimental wireless personal access networking platform called WiSAP, developed to research these new technologies and applications paradigms, is presented. Finally, some of the experiences gained from WiSAP while designing a consumer-oriented portable wireless communication system suitable for wireless mobile personal access networks are also presented

Keywords

land mobile radio; mobile computing; notebook computers; personal communication networks; portable computers; radio access networks; WiSAP; computer-driven services; consumer-oriented portable wireless communication system; environment-aware networks; handheld computing devices; information appliances; interaction tools; mobile networks; personal area networks; short-range wireless communication; wireless mobile personal access networks; Application software; Communications technology; Computer applications; Computer networks; Handheld computers; Home appliances; Humans; Personal area networks; Pervasive computing; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Personal Communications, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1070-9916

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/98.736474

Filename

736474