What is the Difference About Mobile Computing

What is the difference about mobile computing?
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Table of Contents TOC \o "1-3" \h \z \u 1.0 Introduction PAGEREF _Toc435699376 \h 21.1 Mobile Computing PAGEREF _Toc435699377 \h 22.0 Fundamentals of Mobile Computing PAGEREF _Toc435699378 \h 32.1 History of Mobile Computing PAGEREF _Toc435699379 \h 43.0 Wireless Data Systems PAGEREF _Toc435699380 \h 53.1 Importance of Wireless PAGEREF _Toc435699381 \h 63.2 Challenges of Wireless PAGEREF _Toc435699382 \h 73.3 Prevalence of Wireless networks PAGEREF _Toc435699383 \h 84.0 Components of Mobile Computing PAGEREF _Toc435699384 \h 94.1 Intelligent devices PAGEREF _Toc435699385 \h 94.2 Data transmission PAGEREF _Toc435699386 \h 104.3 Systems and applications PAGEREF _Toc435699387 \h 105.0 Cellular Growth PAGEREF _Toc435699388 \h 116.0 Wireless Networks PAGEREF _Toc435699389 \h 126.1 Wireless Local Area Networks PAGEREF _Toc435699390 \h 126.2 Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN) PAGEREF _Toc435699391 \h 126.3 Adhoc Wireless Networks PAGEREF _Toc435699392 \h 147.0 Mobile Computing Enabling Technologies PAGEREF _Toc435699393 \h 147.1 Wireless (data) communication PAGEREF _Toc435699394 \h 157.2 Higher bandwidth PAGEREF _Toc435699395 \h 157.3 Security and authentication PAGEREF _Toc435699396 \h 157.4 Small Form Factor (SMM) PAGEREF _Toc435699397 \h 167.5 Personalization and application choices PAGEREF _Toc435699398 \h 167.6 Machine learning, inference and content awareness PAGEREF _Toc435699399 \h 168.0 Embedded Processing PAGEREF _Toc435699400 \h 179.0 Computing, Interface and Control Issues PAGEREF _Toc435699401 \h 179.1 Interactions Design PAGEREF _Toc435699402 \h 179.2 Security PAGEREF _Toc435699403 \h 189.3 Communication and networks PAGEREF _Toc435699404 \h 189.4 Capacity and responsiveness PAGEREF _Toc435699405 \h 189.5 Error correction and recovery PAGEREF _Toc435699406 \h 189.6 Operating systems PAGEREF _Toc435699407 \h 199.7 Hardware and software Design PAGEREF _Toc435699408 \h 1910. Mobile System Services PAGEREF _Toc435699409 \h 1910.1 Resources utilization PAGEREF _Toc435699410 \h 2010.2 Real time responsiveness PAGEREF _Toc435699411 \h 2010.3 Synchronization of data and services PAGEREF _Toc435699412 \h 2010.4 Dependability PAGEREF _Toc435699413 \h 2110.5 Mobility PAGEREF _Toc435699414 \h 2111.0 Mobile software design issues PAGEREF _Toc435699415 \h 2112.0 SOA Governance PAGEREF _Toc435699416 \h 2213.0 Object Request Brokering PAGEREF _Toc435699417 \h 2314.0 Conclusion PAGEREF _Toc435699418 \h 24
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1.0 Introduction
Mobile computing has become a game changer on how people carry out their day to day lives. Mobile computing importance has continued to increase due to the large number of portable computers now available in the market. The need for continuous network connectivity to the internet regardless of location is one major drive of the new paradigm in today’s world of networked computing systems. With a wider variety of connectivity enabling technology ranging from PDAs enabled with Wi-Fi/Bluetooth, cellular phones, wireless laptops to sensor networks embedded to wireless networks, mobile computing has become an ever-present phenomenon in our daily lives (Deepak et al., 2012). The need for access to informat...