Mobile computing
- 1. Anand Kumar IT/07/18 7th Semester
- 2. People are mobile Devices are mobile
- 3. A person who moves Between different geographical locations Between different networks Between different communication devices Between different applications A device that moves Between different geographical locations Between different networks
- 6. Offline feature see… Automated Predictive Use Friendly Windows Linux OS/2
- 7. Natural Evolution of Computing More Flexible Resource Usage Mobile Computing LANs + WSs Networking Timesharing Batch OS Single User Freedom from Collocation
- 8. Research Issues in Mobile Computing • Wireless Communications – Quality of connectivity – Bandwidth limitations • Mobility – Location transparency – Location dependency • Portability – Power limitations – Display, processing, storage limitations
- 9. Classes of Mobile Devices • Display Only – InfoPad model: limited portable processing – Constrained to operation within prepared infrastructure, like a cordless phone – Advantages with respect to power consumption, upgrade path, lightweight, impact of lost/broken/stolen device • Laptop Computer – ThinkPad model: significant portable processing, operates independently of wireless infrastructure – Disadvantages: power consumption, expensive, significant loss exposure, typically greater than 5 pounds • Personal Digital Assistant – Somewhere between these extremes
- 10. Wireless C0mmunication • Harsh communications environment: – Lower bandwidth/higher latency: good enough for videoconferencing? – Higher error rates – More frequent disconnection – Performance depends on density of nearby users but inherent scalability of cellular/frequency reuse architecture helps • Connection/Disconnection – Network failure is common – Autonomous operation is highly desirable » Caching is a good idea, e.g., web cache – Asynchronous/spool-oriented applications, like mail or printing » Trickle back data when bandwidth is available – Disconnected file systems: CODA (CMU), Ficus (UCLA)
- 11. Wireless C0mmunication (contd…) • Low Bandwidth – Orders of magnitude differences between wide-area, in building Wireless • Variable Bandwidth – Applications adaptation to changing quality of connectivity » High bandwidth, low latency: business as usual » High bandwidth, high latency: aggressive prefetching » Low bandwidth, high latency: asynchronous operation, use caches to hide latency, predict future references/trickle in, etc. etc. • Heterogeneous Networks – “Vertical Handoff” among co-located wireless networks
- 12. Security Concerns in Wireless C0mmunication – Authentication is critical » Normal network point of attachment is a wall tap » Wireless access makes network attachment too easy – Exposure to over-the-air wiretapping » Any transmitter can also be a receiver! » Some wireless networks provide secure air-links (e.g., CDPD) » Made more difficult by spread spectrum technologies
- 13. Mobility • Address Migration – Existing applications send packets to a fixed network address – Need to support dynamically changing “local” addresses as mobile device moves through network – Mobile IP specification: home environment tracks mobile device’s current location through registration procedure – Route optimization: exploit local caches of <global destination node addresses, current care-of address> – Location updates: » Forwarding » Hierarchical mobility agents – Other routing issues: e.g., multicast
- 14. Mobile : IP Routing INTERNET Source Sockets Server TCP/UDP IP Link Layer Physical Layer
- 15. Mobility • Location Dependent Services – Discovery: What services exist in my local environment? e.g., printers, file and compute services, special local applications, etc. – Follow me services: “Route calls to my current location,” “Migrate my workstation desktop to the nearest workstation screen” – Information services: » Broadcast/“push” information (e.g., “Flight 59 will depart from Gate 23”) » “Pull” information (e.g., “What gate will Flight 59 depart from?”) – Service migration: computations, caches, state, etc. follow mobile device as it moves through the network – Privacy: what applications can track user locations?
- 16. Portability • Low Power – Limited compute performance – Low quality displays • Loss of Data – Easily lost – Must be conceived as being “network-integrated” • Small User Interface – Limited real estate for keyboards – Icon intensive/handwriting/speech • Small Local Storage – Flash memory rather than disk drive
- 17. Portability Issues – Weight, volume determine lifetime – Power consumption: CV2ƒ Other Battery types: – Lead Acid – Nickel Zinc – Rechargeable Alkaline Lighter Manganese – Zinc Air Smaller
- 18. Concepts in Mobile Computing • Identification – Subscriber mobility: 700 phone number – Terminal mobility: mobile phone # or IP address – Application mobility • Registration – Authentication: who are you? – Authorization: what can you do? – Allocation: how much will I give you?
- 19. Continued… • Call/Connection Establishment – Mobile Routing: Mobile IP, Cellular System HLR/VLR – Resource Reservations: Reserve channels in advance – Location Update: forward vs. hierarchy • Mobility – Handoff: when to do it, choice of network – Process Migration: application support infrastructure that follows the mobile • Privacy and Security – Authentication – Authorization – Encryption: over-the-air security
- 20. Thank You