The design and performance of a wireless Internet application for supporting multimedia city guides

Author

Roccetti, Marco ; Salomoni, Paola

Author_Institution

Comput. Sci. Dept., Bologna Univ., Italy

fYear

2003

fDate

11-13 Aug. 2003

Firstpage

321

Lastpage

325

Abstract

Wireless connectivity may take many forms, from 3G public networks to semiprivate high bandwidth access points based on Wi-Fi technologies, such as 802.11. The final effect is to enable new classes of communications-oriented mobile applications. We discuss the design and performance of a wireless Internet application designed to support a handheld multimedia mobile guide (termed MoG). Currently, MoG provides users with a set of location-based multimedia information services on tourist attractions, shops and restaurants in the city of Cesena (Italy). Our experience with MoG has demonstrated that the combination of modern multimedia Web technologies and high-bandwidth communication networks may be effective for providing clients with ubiquitous and personalized information services.

Keywords

Internet; multimedia computing; travel industry; ubiquitous computing; Web technology; Wi-Fi technology; handheld multimedia mobile guide; mobile communication; multimedia city guides; multimedia information service; personalized information service; pervasive computing; ubiquitous information service; wireless Internet application; wireless LAN; Bandwidth; Cities and towns; Communication networks; Context-aware services; Internet; Modems; Multimedia computing; Multimedia systems; Personal digital assistants; Streaming media;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Technology: Research and Education, 2003. Proceedings. ITRE2003. International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7724-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ITRE.2003.1270630

Filename

1270630