A system-platform for mobile computing applications

Author

Diehl, Norbert ; Grill, Daniel ; Held, Albert ; Kroh, Rainer

Author_Institution

Daimler-Benz AG, Ulm, Germany

Volume

4

fYear

1994

fDate

18-23 Sep 1994

Firstpage

1353

Abstract

Systems with both mobile and stationary computers are of increasing importance. Mobile users can access information anywhere and anytime. Basic components needed for mobile computing are smart portable computers and wireless communication networks. Major problems due to mobility and the specific characteristics of portable computers and wireless communications are dynamic configuration, moving resources, reachability, data and function consistency. A complete system architecture to enable mobile computing, called MOBI-DICK, is presented. This system can be used as a programming platform to hide the specifics of mobile computing from the application programmer

Keywords

computer network management; data communication; land mobile radio; network interfaces; network operating systems; operating systems (computers); portable computers; MOBI-DICK; data consistency; dynamic configuration; function consistency; mobile computing applications; moving resources; programming platform; reachability; smart portable computers; stationary computers; system architecture; system-platform; wireless communication networks; Application software; Computer applications; Computer architecture; Databases; Distributed computing; Information technology; Mobile computing; Portable computers; Routing; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, 1994. Wireless Networks - Catching the Mobile Future., 5th IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

The Hague

Print_ISBN

90-5199-193-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WNCMF.1994.529473

Filename

529473