Fundamentals of Mobile and Pervasive Computing

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1. Mobile Adaptive Computing

1.1 What Is Mobile Computing?

1.2 Adaptability—The Key to Mobile Computing

1.2.1 Transparency

1.2.2 Constraints of mobile computing environments

1.2.3 Application-aware adaptation

1.3 Mechanisms for Adaptation

1.3.1 Adapting functionality

1.3.2 Adapting data

1.4 How to Develop or Incorporate Adaptations in Applications

1.4.1 Where can adaptations be performed?

1.5 Support for Building Adaptive Mobile Applications

1.5.1 Odyssey

1.5.2 Rover

1.6 Summary

Chapter 2. Mobility Management

2.1 Mobility Management

2.2 Location Management Principles and Techniques

2.2.1 Registration area–based location management

2.3 Location Management Case Studies

2.3.1 PCS location management scheme ...