Mobile Information Access

Abstract

The ability to access information on demand when mobile will be a critical capability in the 21st century. In this paper, we examine the fundamental forces at work in mobile computing systems and explain how they constrain the problem of mobile information access. From these constraints, we derive the importance of adaptivity as a crucial requirement of mobile clients. We then develop a taxonomy of adaptation strategies, and summarize our research in application-transparent and application-aware adaptation in the Coda and Odyssey systems respectively.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA461116

Entities

People

  • Mahadev Satyanarayanan

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Software
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Databases
  • Detection
  • Energy Consumption
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Information Systems
  • Mobile Computing
  • Mobile Devices
  • Mobility
  • Operating Systems
  • Reliability
  • User Interface
  • Wearable Computers

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

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