Any Time, Anywhere Computing: Mobile Computing Concepts and...

Features

• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 192 pages
• Published by: Springer
• Edition: 1st Edition September 1, 1999
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0792386108
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0792386100
• Book Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.6 inches
• Weighs: 1 pounds

Product Description
The proliferation of wireless networks and small portable computing devices has led to the emergence of the mobile computing paradigm. Mobile and nomadic users carrying laptops or hand-held computers are able to connect to the Internet through publicly available wireline or wireless networks. In the near future, this trend can only grow as exciting new services and infrastructures delivering wireless voice and multimedia data are deployed.
Any Time, Anywhere Computing: Mobile Computing Concepts and Technology is intended for technical and non-technical readers. It includes substantial coverage of the technologies that are shaping mobile computing. Current and future portables technology is covered and explained. Similarly, current and future wireless telecommunication networks technology is covered and reviewed. By presenting commercial solutions and middleware, this book will also help IT professionals who are looking for mobile solutions to their enterprise computing needs. Finally, this book surveys a vast body of recent research in the area of mobile computing. The research coverage is likely to benefit researchers and students from academia as well as industry.

Book Info
Intended for technical and non-technical readers. Includes substantial coverage of the technologies that are shaping mobile computing. Surveys a vast body of recent research in the area of mobile computing. DLC: Mobile computing.

Reader Reviews
While this volume is dated in terms of market data and product references, the engineering concepts that it covers are highly applicable to the evolving realm of wireless communications and portable computing. This is an excelent primer in the basic concepts of a rapidly evolving industry, and many of the standards and architectures that are discussed have been implemented since the release of the book. I would highly recommend this book for individuals that want insight into the underlying infrastructure that supports mobile information appliances.