The Walkstation project on mobile computing

Author

Reichert, Frank

Author_Institution

Dept. of Teleinf., R. Inst. of Technol., Stockholm, Sweden

Volume

3

fYear

1994

fDate

18-23 Sep 1994

Firstpage

974

Abstract

Wireless LANs (WLAN) will soon be as popular as Ethernet is today. First products for DECT and 2.4 GHz systems will be available this year. How can these WLANs be connected to the Internet? Which problems arise when mobile users appear as guests in foreign networks? The Walkstation project is realizing a testbed for such a mobile computing environment using a modified set of Internet protocols. These protocols are based on the work of the internet working group on mobile IP (Internet protocol). Other aspects of the Walkstation project cover low power VLSI, cellular infrastructures, network integration, and mobility aware applications

Keywords

Internet; VLSI; cellular radio; data communication; land mobile radio; multimedia communication; protocols; wireless LAN; DECT; Internet protocols; Walkstation project; cellular infrastructures; foreign networks; global system approach; low power VLSI; mobile computing; mobile multimedia communication; mobility aware applications; network integration; wireless LAN; Face detection; IP networks; Internet; Mobile communication; Mobile computing; Proposals; Protocols; Telecommunication traffic; Wireless LAN; World Wide Web;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WNCMF.1994.529104

Filename

529104