Current and future applications of mobile and wireless networks

ABSTRACT

Wireless and mobile networks are being used in diverse areas such as travel, education, stock trading, military, package delivery, disaster recovery, and medical emergency care.

REFERENCES

• 1: Agrawal, D.P. Future directions in mobile computing and networking systems. Workshop sponsored by the NSF, University of Cincinnati (Jun. 13--14), 1999; www.ececs. uc.edu/~dpa.
• 2: Bluetooth; www.bluetooth.com.
• 3: Deborah Estrin , Ramesh Govindan , John Heidemann , Satish Kumar, Next century challenges: scalable coordination in sensor networks, Proceedings of the 5th annual ACM/IEEE international conference on Mobile computing and networking, p.263-270, August 15-19, 1999, Seattle, Washington, United States [doi>10.1145/313451.313556]
• 4: GPS applications; ares.redsword.com/gps.
• 5: J. M. Kahn , R. H. Katz , K. S. J. Pister, Next century challenges: mobile networking for “Smart Dust”, Proceedings of the 5th annual ACM/IEEE international conference on Mobile computing and networking, p.271-278, August 15-19, 1999, Seattle, Washington, United States [doi>10.1145/313451.313558]
• 6: Manjeshwar, A. Energy efficient routing protocols with comprehensive information retrieval for wireless sensor networks. M.S. Thesis, University of Cincinnati, OH, May 2001.
• 7: The Ultra Low Power Wireless Sensors project; www-mtl.mit.edu

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  C. Computer Systems Organization
  C.1 PROCESSOR ARCHITECTURES
      C.1.3 Other Architecture Styles

Additional Classification:
  C. Computer Systems Organization
  C.2 COMPUTER-COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
      C.2.1 Network Architecture and Design
      C.2.5 Local and Wide-Area Networks

  K. Computing Milieux
  K.4 COMPUTERS AND SOCIETY
      K.4.4 Electronic Commerce