Connecting Mobile Workstations to the Internet over a Digital Cellular Telephone

Markku Kojo, Kimmo E. E. Raatikainen, and Timo Alanko: Connecting Mobile Workstations to the Internet over a Digital Cellular Telephone. Report C-1994-39, Department of Computer Science, University of Helsinki, September 1994. 16 pages. <http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/TR/C-1994/39>

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Abstract

Modern portable computers and wireless connections using a cellular telephone network have created a new platform for distributed information processing. We present a communication architecture framework which makes it possible to exploit the existing TCP/IP communication architecture but which also takes into account the specific features of wireless links. Our communication architecture is based on the paradigm of indirect interaction. The mediating interceptor, Mobile-Connection Host, is the bridge between the worlds of wireless and wireline communication. The interceptor also provides enhanced functionality that improves fault-tolerance and performance for applications aware of mobility.

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Additional Key Words and Phrases: mobility, wireless connections, mobile workstations, cellular telephone, GSM, TCP/IP, mobile IP