Title :
The Bay Area Research Wireless Access Network (BARWAN)
Author :
Katz, R.H. ; Brewer, E.A. ; Amir, E. ; Balakrishnan, H. ; Fox, A. ; Gribble, S. ; Hodes, T. ; Jiang, D. ; Giao Thanh Nguyen ; Padmanabhan, V. ; Stemm, M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA
Abstract :
Wireless data services have thus far been more promising than successful. We believe that future mobile information systems must be built upon heterogeneous wireless overlay networks, extending traditional wired and internetworked processing "islands" to mobile hosts over coverage areas ranging from in-room, in-building, campus, metropolitan, and wide-areas. In this paper, we describe a new wireless data networking architecture that integrates diverse wireless technologies into a seamless internetwork. It is being implemented in the BARWAN testbed in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Keywords :
computer network management; data communication; internetworking; personal communication networks; wide area networks; BARWAN; Bay Area Research Wireless Access Network; applications support services; gateway-centric network management; heterogeneous wireless overlay networks; internetworked processing; mobile information systems; wireless data networking architecture; wireless data services; Bandwidth; Delay; Frame relay; IP networks; Information systems; Personal communication networks; Radio frequency; Satellite broadcasting; Video compression; Wireless networks;
Conference_Titel :
Compcon '96. 'Technologies for the Information Superhighway' Digest of Papers
Conference_Location :
Santa Clara, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7414-8
DOI :
10.1109/CMPCON.1996.501742
