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WMCSA
1999
IEEE
13 years 8 months ago
DataX: an Approach to Ubiquitous Database Access
This paper describes an approach for enabling remote database access from heterogeneous thin clients. DataX is a proxy-based architecture that supports disconnected operation by r...
Hui Lei, Marion Blount, Carl D. Tait
WMCSA
1999
IEEE
13 years 8 months ago
Broadcast of Consistent Data to Read-Only Transactions from Mobile Clients
In this paper, we study the inconsistency problem in data broadcast. While data items in a mobile computing system are being broadcast, update transactions may install new values ...
Kam-yiu Lam, Mei-Wau Au, Edward Chan
WMCSA
1999
IEEE
13 years 8 months ago
Geocasting in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks: Location-Based Multicast Algorithms
This paper addresses the problem of geocasting in mobile ad hoc network (MANET) environments. Geocasting is a variant of the conventional multicasting problem. For multicasting, c...
Young-Bae Ko, Nitin H. Vaidya
WMCSA
1999
IEEE
13 years 8 months ago
An Adaptive Protocol for Reliable Multicast in Mobile Multi-hop Radio Networks
In this paper we propose a new protocol for reliable multicast in a multi-hop mobile radio network. The protocol is reliable, i.e., it guarantees message delivery to all multicast...
Sandeep K. S. Gupta, Pradip K. Srimani
WMCSA
1999
IEEE
13 years 8 months ago
TCP Performance in Wireless Multi-hop Networks
In this study we investigate the interaction between TCP and MAC layer in a wireless multi-hop network. Using simulation, we provide new insight into two critical problems of TCP ...
Mario Gerla, Ken Tang, Rajive Bagrodia
WMCSA
1999
IEEE
13 years 8 months ago
'Caches in the Air': Disseminating Tourist Information in the Guide System
This paper describes work carried out as part of the GUIDE project at Lancaster University. The overall aim of the project is to develop a context-sensitive tourist guide for visi...
Nigel Davies, Keith Cheverst, Keith Mitchell, Adri...
WMCSA
1999
IEEE
13 years 8 months ago
Adaptive Groupware for Wireless Networks
Current groupware systems do not work well over wireless networks, as a wireless connection is of variable and often poor quality. Our research suggests a number of changes that a...
Tara Whalen, James P. Black
WMCSA
1999
IEEE
13 years 8 months ago
Ad-hoc On-Demand Distance Vector Routing
An ad-hoc network is the cooperative engagement of a collection of mobile nodes without the required intervention of any centralized access point or existing infrastructure. In th...
Charles E. Perkins, Elizabeth M. Belding-Royer