Dynamic adaptation of network connections in mobile environments
- 1 January 1998
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Internet Computing
- Vol. 2 (1) , 39-48
- https://doi.org/10.1109/4236.656070
Abstract
Most network applications assume continuous connectivity-an assumption that does not “migrate” to wireless environments. The authors present the design of a communication layer for mobile computing that dynamically adapts to changes in network connections. Our work was part of AMIGOS (Advanced Mobile Integration in General Operating Systems), a collaboration between researchers at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark and the University of Minho in Portugal. The AMIGOS project provides transparent support for semi connected operations on mobile computers running a standard operating system; the project home page is at http://www.econ.cbs.dk/people/birger/AMIGOS/. Briefly, our design lets a mobile user connect a mobile host to a LAN, then disconnect the host from it. The user then can reconnect, for example, via a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) cellular modem without losing TCP/IP connections. We want to allow existing TCP/IP based applications to be used in a mobile environment, without application modificationsKeywords
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