Cooperative management of enterprise networks in a mobile environment

Author

Ray, Pradeep ; Fry, Michael ; Khasnabish, Bhumip

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput., Western Sydney Univ., Kingswood, NSW, Australia

fYear

1997

fDate

11-12 Jun 1997

Firstpage

170

Lastpage

179

Abstract

A mobile computer supported cooperative work (CSCW) environment is a natural setting for the integrated management of enterprise networks. This allows the sharing of scarce management expertise. The infrastructure for such systems is likely to proliferate soon, thanks to the rapid growth in mobile data communication systems. But these systems have severe bandwidth restrictions and have limited battery power on mobile terminals. Therefore, many of the standard client-server applications are not suitable for a mobile environment. However, the mobile environment offers a potentially useful facility in terms of broadcasting that allows multiple experts to work together with out adding any significant overhead on the communication and computing infrastructure. This paper analyses the requirements for supporting CSCW management applications in a mobile environment

Keywords

broadcasting; business communication; computer network management; data communication; groupware; land mobile radio; radio networks; CSCW environment; CSCW management applications; bandwidth restrictions; broadcasting; client-server applications; communication infrastructure; computing infrastructure; cooperative management; enterprise networks; integrated management; mobile computer supported cooperative work; mobile computing; mobile data communication systems; mobile environment; mobile terminals; system infrastructure; Bandwidth; Batteries; Broadcasting; Collaborative work; Computer network management; Computer networks; Data communication; Environmental management; Mobile computing; Power system management;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Enterprise Networking Mini-Conference, 1997. ENM-97. In conjunction with the ICC-97., First IEEE

Conference_Location

Montreal, Que.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4112-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ENM.1997.596878

Filename

596878