Application and Network Support for InfoPad.

Shankar Narayanaswamy, Srinivasan Seshan, Eric Brewer, Robert Brodersen, Frederick Burghardt, Andrew Burstein, Yuan-Chi Chang, Armando Fox, Jeffrey M. Gilbert, Richard Han, Randy H. Katz, Allan C. Long, David G. Messerschmitt, Jan Rabaey

Some of the most important recent trends in computer systems are the emerging use of multimedia Internet services, the popularity of portable computing, and the development of wireless data communications. The primary goal of the InfoPad project is to combine these trends to create a system that provides ubiquitous information access. The system is built around a low power, lightweight, wireless, multimedia terminal [CBB94] that operates in indoor environments and supports a high density of users. The InfoPad system uses a number of innovative techniques to provide the high bandwidth connectivity, portability, and user interface needed for this environment. This article describes the design, implementation and evaluation of the software network and application services that support the InfoPad terminal.