Mobil Computing: Implementing Pervasive Information and Communication Technologies is designed to address some of the business and technical challenges of pervasive computing that encompass current and emerging technology standards, infrastructures and architectures, and innovative and high impact applications of mobile technologies in virtual enterprises. The various articles examine a host of issues including: the challenges and current solutions in mobile connectivity and coordination; management infrastructures; innovative architectures for fourth generation wireless and Ad-hoc networks; error-free frequency assignments for wireless communication; cost-effective wavelength assignments in optical communication networks; data and transaction modeling in a mobile environment, and bandwidth issues and data routing in mobile Ad-hoc networks.

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Contributors. Preface. Acknowledgments. Part I: Business and Management. 1. Mobile Computing - The Indian Vista; P.K. Mukherjee. 2. Coordinating Technologies for Virtual Organization; J. Lucca, et al. 3. Location Based Services; P. Biswas, et al. Part II: Architecture. 4. An Adaptable Node Architecture for Future Wireless Networks; D. O'Mahony, L.E. Doyle. Part III: Communication. 5. Interference Avoidance Using Frequency Lookahead and Channel History; S. Deb, et al. 6. Maximizing Profit in Optical WDM Networks; V. Anand, C. Qiao. Part IV: Computing. 7. A Taxonomy of Data Managements via Broadcasting in Mobile Computing; I. Chung, et al. 8. Data and Transaction Management in a Mobile Environment; S. Madria, et al. 9. A Local / Global Strategy Based on Signal Strength for Message Routing in Wireless Mobile Ad-hoc Networks; T. Tien, S. Upadhyaya. Index.