Software technology for wireless mobile computing

Author

Duchamp, Daniel ; Feiner, Steven K. ; Maguire, Gerald Q., Jr.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Columbia Univ., New York,, NY, USA

Volume

5

Issue

6

fYear

1991

Firstpage

12

Lastpage

18

Abstract

Some of the possibilities and requirements for mobile computing on wireless local area networks (LANs) are discussed from the systems software viewpoint. The design of the Student Electronic Notebook (SEN) is sketched to provide a partial catalog of problems in building a real system for wireless mobile computing. This project was initiated to investigate the potential of wireless mobile computing to reshape education. Some of the key directions for research in software technology for wireless, mobile computing are examined. Some of the authors´ experience with wireless LANs is related.<>

Keywords

educational computing; local area networks; mobile radio systems; systems software; Student Electronic Notebook; education; software technology; systems software; wireless LAN; wireless local area networks; wireless mobile computing; Computer interfaces; Computer networks; Hardware; Mobile computing; Pervasive computing; Portable computers; System software; Telecommunication computing; User interfaces; Wireless LAN;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Network, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0890-8044

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/65.103804

Filename

103804