A network architecture for mobile computing

Author

Brown, Kevin ; Singh, Suresh

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., South Carolina Univ., Columbia, SC, USA

Volume

3

fYear

1996

fDate

24-28 Mar 1996

Firstpage

1388

Abstract

We report on an ongoing project to design and build the network and transport layers for mobile networking. The network architecture used is unique in that it separates the mobile network(s) from fixed networks and provides connectivity between the two via special gateways. These gateways provide QOS guarantees to mobile users for all their open connections. We provide summaries of all the protocols we are implementing (or have implemented) and discuss possible improvements

Keywords

data communication; internetworking; land mobile radio; protocols; radio networks; telecommunication computing; QOS guarantees; fixed networks; gateways; mobile computing; mobile networking; mobile networks; network architecture; network layers; protocols; transport layers; wireless networking; Access protocols; Computer architecture; Computer networks; Computer science; Microcell networks; Mobile computing; Personal digital assistants; Routing protocols; Transport protocols; Wireless application protocol;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

INFOCOM '96. Fifteenth Annual Joint Conference of the IEEE Computer Societies. Networking the Next Generation. Proceedings IEEE

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

ISSN

0743-166X

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7293-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INFCOM.1996.493087

Filename

493087