Although being a relatively new area, data management for mobile computing
has provoked a proliferation of research efforts motivated by both a great
market potential and by many challenging research problems. The purpose of
this book is to provide a thorough and cohesive overview of these recent
advances in wireless and mobile data management. The focus is on the impact
of mobile computing on data management beyond the networking level. The book
is written with a critical attitude. It probes the new issues introduced by
wireless and mobile access to data and what are both their conceptual and
practical consequences.
The book provides a single source for researchers and practitioners who want
to keep current on the latest innovations in the field. It can also serve as a
textbook for an advanced course on mobile computing or as a companion text for
a variety of courses including courses on distributed systems, database
management, transaction management, operating or file systems, information
retrieval or dissemination, and web computing.
Features
Provides a single point of reference for those who want to
keep abreast with current innovations in the field
The first non-edited book to focus on data management issues
beyond the networking level
Coverage of the provision for wireless communication
in commercial products
Written with a critical perspective, emphasizes the new aspects
introduced by mobility
Presents the ``state-of the art'' in
disconnected operation, application awareness, agent-based computing,
system proxies
Provides a single point of reference for those who want to keep abreast with current innovations in the field