Applications in a Mobile Environment

Abstract

jlemouel @ irisa.fr Abstract tation power, available memory, storage capabilities, Mqbile computing is a domain in great expansion. Wireless *tworks and Portable Information Appliances (PIAs) are d~veloping very rapidly. More and more mobile users woulJ like to perform their multimedia applications with the samef acility as on their desktop station. Use of such applica.ons in a mobile environment raises new challenges. Thes applications are interactive and extremely costly in syste and network resources, whereas PIAs resources are poor 4Znd wireless networks offer a very variable quality of connl:!ction. In this pape1; we propose an adaptive and dynamid distribution of applications on the local environment to ov4rcome the poorness of available resources on PIAs, and tq reduce and regulate variability effects. I