Abstract
In recent years small, completely portable computers have become available on the marketplace. There is demand for such computers, termed walkstations, to access network services while retaining their mobility and to operate effectively whilst traversing both indoor Wireless LAN (WLAN) networks and the outdoor Mobile Radio Network (MRN) infra-structure.
This paper introduces the traded handoff where connections are rebuilt during a handoff to the most appropriate service, taking into account the properties required by the application and locally available, replicated or compatible services. Network level solutions can only redirect connections back to the original endpoint as the walkstation moves. This is the case even if the connection is to a locally replicated service.
Chapter PDF
Similar content being viewed by others
References
ISO/IEC. ODP Reference Model: Trading Function,October 1994. Committee Draft ISO/IEC/JTC1/SC21 N807.
S. Pope. Application Support for Mobile Computing. PhD thesis, University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory, 1996. Technical Report 415.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1997 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Pope, S., Webster, P. (1997). QoS Support for Mobile Computing. In: Campbell, A.T., Nahrstedt, K. (eds) Building QoS into Distributed Systems. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35170-4_7
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35170-4_7
Publisher Name: Springer, Boston, MA
Print ISBN: 978-1-4757-4692-1
Online ISBN: 978-0-387-35170-4
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive