Achieving service portability using self-adaptive data paths.

There is a growing demand for service access through heterogeneous devices attached to diverse networks. For ease of deployment, it is crucial to provide application-level support for transparent roaming and ubiquitous service access. We discuss how to develop such a service infrastructure integrati...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:	IEEE Communications magazine 40, 1 (2002).
Main Author:	Zhuoqing, M.M
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	GSM cell phone. Interactive Voice Room Control. MP3 Jukebox access. Universal Inbox. Access networks. Application-level support. Data services. Fault-tolerant access. Heterogeneous devices. Heterogeneous end devices. Real-time video delivery. Scalable access. Self-adaptive data paths. Service entities. Service infrastructure. Service portability. Telephony services. Transparent device-independent service access. Transparent network-independent service access. Transparent roaming.