The book, Principles of Mobile Computing, describes a new class of mobile computing devices which are becoming omnipresent in everyday life. Handhelds, phones and manifold embedded systems make information access easily available for everyone from anywhere at any time. But Pervasive Computing is far more than just fancy devices a powerful wireless communication infrastructure extends the reach of enterprise networks to mobile clients. Web services and portal servers offer flexible gateways to the backend server systems and their data. And finally, a variety of new mobile solutions and services take advantage of the possibilities and feature mobility, connectivity and ease-of-use.

Salient Features

This book is a guide to the world of Pervasive Computing. It explains Variety of devices, including hand-held computers, mobile phones, entertainment systems, smart cards, embedded con­trols, as well as intelligent automotive equipment Wired and wireless communication technology based on common standards, such as Internet protocols, WAP, UMTS, GPRS, Bluetooth and i-mode Back end server infrastructure featuring portal servers, web services, data synchronization, device management and trans coding.