Lecture01-Intro.ppt

M-commerce Example of three stages??? Intelligent Home Intelligent home networking system with general technology Use mobile phone technology to instruct a home control computer for home automation equipment. WiMAX (802.16), 802.11, Bluetooth etc. Transmit signal and control electronic devices via power line. Smart TV Killer App. of Mobile Computing Instant messaging? 10 million iMode users in Japan since 18 months of introduction, also used by Greece Olympics. 15.6 billion SMS messages in China January 2004. Mobile games? $9 billion sold in 2004. Mobile web access? WAP, iMode, WWW How to resolve the bandwidth problem? 3G?4G? Location-dependent services? Sensor network infrastructure cost? Context-aware services? Locating a best restaurant closest by sensing e-cash in e-wallet and dining preference. How can the communication infrastructure match with the application functionality and bandwidth / mobility requirement? High bandwidth can be resulted, using pico-cells, but the client movement speed must be limited. Bandwidth Requirement 3G current Ethernet wireless LAN Summary Concept of mobile computing Mobile computing vs. related concepts Pervasive computing Mobile applications * §1.1 基本概念 §1.2 相关概念分析 §1.3 移动应用 * The Era of “Mobile Computing” Mobile Computing Mobile/Wireless Network Mobile Computing Architecture * Mobile Computing Is taking a computer and all necessary files and software out into the field. being able to use a computing device even when being mobile and therefore changing location. Portability is one aspect of mobile computing. the ability to use computing capability without a pre-defined location and/or connection to a network to publish and/or subscribe to information . a variety of wireless devices that has the mobility to allow people to connect to the internet, providing wireless transmission to access data and information from where ever location they may be. * Mobile Computing Mobile computing refers to computing in a distributed sy