Title :
Mobile computing in a LAN environment
Author :
Wong, Peter ; Halsall, Fred
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Hong Kong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Kowloon, Hong Kong
Abstract :
In a wireless LAN environment, the mobility of portable terminals, introduces several issues that need to be considered in the design of the network. The ability of a network in supporting mobile terminals lies very much in the network architecture and the protocols used. In the paper, the impact of mobile computers on the existing LAN architecture and the protocols used such as TCP/IP is studied. A robust network architecture is proposed, together with some new interworking procedures in order for the network and protocols to handle mobile computing
Keywords :
cordless telephone systems; data communication; digital radio; land mobile radio; local area networks; network topology; transport protocols; wireless LAN; LAN; TCP/IP; interworking; mobile computing; network architecture; portable terminals; protocols; Base stations; Computer architecture; Computer networks; Local area networks; Mobile computing; Protocols; Roaming; Robustness; TCPIP; Wireless LAN;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, 1994. ICC '94, SUPERCOMM/ICC '94, Conference Record, 'Serving Humanity Through Communications.' IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
New Orleans, LA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1825-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICC.1994.368929
