Design and implementation of a copy update mechanism on a mobile information announcement system

• Published in: Proceedings 1998 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems (Cat. No.98TB100250) pp. 172 - 179
• Main Authors: Tagashira, S., Inada, F., Saisho, K., Fukuda, A.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 1998
• Subjects: Application software; Bandwidth; Computer networks; Home computing; IEEE news; Information science; Mobile computing; Packaging; Prototypes; Teleconferencing

The bandwidth problem between a mobile computer and an access point is pointed out, and a copy update mechanism, which can make the best use of the limited bandwidth, is proposed. If the bandwidth of a network is not sufficient, a mobile computer cannot announce all resources, and cannot update some...