Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Authorship by Chapter
- Foreword
- Preface
- Part I Introduction to 802.11
- Part II 802.11 Quality of Service
- Part III 802.11 Security
- Part IV High Throughput 802.11
- Part V 802.11 Mesh Networks
- Part VI 802.11/Cellular Interworking
- Part VII Coexistence
- Part VIII 802.11 Network and Radio Resource Management
- Part IX 802.11 Range
- Part X 802.11 Hardware Design
- Part XI Wi-Fi Hotspots
- Part XII Wi-Fi Applications
- Chapter 30 A Discussion of 802.11 for Sensor Networks
- Chapter 31 Wi-Fi based Tracking Systems
- Chapter 32 Building the Mobile Computing Environment through Context-Aware Service Management
- Chapter 33 Experiments Using Small Unmanned Aircraft to Augment a Mobile Ad Hoc Network
- Part XIII Ultra WideBand (UWB)
- Part XIV Public Wireless Broadband
- Epilogue
- Index
Chapter 32 - Building the Mobile Computing Environment through Context-Aware Service Management
from Part XII - Wi-Fi Applications
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 December 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Authorship by Chapter
- Foreword
- Preface
- Part I Introduction to 802.11
- Part II 802.11 Quality of Service
- Part III 802.11 Security
- Part IV High Throughput 802.11
- Part V 802.11 Mesh Networks
- Part VI 802.11/Cellular Interworking
- Part VII Coexistence
- Part VIII 802.11 Network and Radio Resource Management
- Part IX 802.11 Range
- Part X 802.11 Hardware Design
- Part XI Wi-Fi Hotspots
- Part XII Wi-Fi Applications
- Chapter 30 A Discussion of 802.11 for Sensor Networks
- Chapter 31 Wi-Fi based Tracking Systems
- Chapter 32 Building the Mobile Computing Environment through Context-Aware Service Management
- Chapter 33 Experiments Using Small Unmanned Aircraft to Augment a Mobile Ad Hoc Network
- Part XIII Ultra WideBand (UWB)
- Part XIV Public Wireless Broadband
- Epilogue
- Index
Summary
A whole new thinking is needed for mobile computing. We call this the Mobile Computing Environment. This encompasses a deep understanding of requirements for the mobile user and the specific mechanisms required to effectively supply services (a combination of applications and resources pertaining to those applications) to a broad variety of mobile devices. This chapter provides an overview of this emerging field, together with an outline of Appear's solution for this new environment.
Introduction
As high-performance computing in small form factor devices arrives, a shift from traditional browser-based interfaces to a combination with full self-contained services has become increasingly evident. These same mobile devices are standardized and inexpensive, creating whole new opportunities to cost-effectively computerize groups of mobile workers.
These services offer superior interactivity, work both online and offline and utilize the onboard processing power to execute locally, saving both bandwidth and precious battery life. To support these services, new powerful distribution mechanisms are needed to allow for automatic installation, filtering and execution over wireless networks - a service profiling and provisioning scheme that makes discovery, download and installation as natural as sending an email. These distribution mechanisms need to take into account several dimensions of the user's context (i.e., the information that describes the situation of a person or entity such as its location, time, profile, available bandwidth, language, and device type), when determining which services, data or content a user requires.
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- Emerging Technologies in Wireless LANsTheory, Design, and Deployment, pp. 671 - 694Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2007