Title :
A system-platform for mobile computing applications
Author :
Diehl, Norbert ; Grill, Daniel ; Held, Albert ; Kroh, Rainer
Author_Institution :
Daimler-Benz AG, Ulm, Germany
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/WNCMF.1994.529473
