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Mobile Computing in a Fieldwork Environment Networking Beyond the Campus?

Mobile Computing in a Fieldwork Environment Networking Beyond the Campus?. Nick Ryan (N.S.Ryan@ukc.ac.uk) David Morse (D.R.Morse@ukc.ac.uk) Jason Pascoe (J.Pascoe@ukc.ac.uk) Computing Laboratory University of Kent at Canterbury Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NF

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Mobile Computing in a Fieldwork Environment Networking Beyond the Campus?

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  1. Mobile Computing in a Fieldwork EnvironmentNetworking Beyond the Campus? Nick Ryan (N.S.Ryan@ukc.ac.uk)David Morse (D.R.Morse@ukc.ac.uk)Jason Pascoe (J.Pascoe@ukc.ac.uk) Computing LaboratoryUniversity of Kent at CanterburyCanterbury, Kent, CT2 7NF http://www.cs.ukc.ac.uk/research/infosys/mobicomp/

  2. Mobile Computing in a Fieldwork Environment • Mobile Computing in a • Fieldwork Environment • JISC (JTAP) funded project. • Application of hand-held computers, • GPS receivers & other sensors • to research and student fieldwork. • Context-awareness. • Ubiquitous computing.

  3. Mobile Computing in a Fieldwork Environment • Campus Networks • Current: Terminals, • Access points. • Future: Infra-red, • Wireless? • But, what about beyond the campus?

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  8. Mobile Computing in a Fieldwork Environmentel Gandul, AndaluciaSeptember 1997

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  13. Mobile Computing in a Fieldwork Environment • Server–Handheld data exchange • Base: Download before leaving base, upload on return. • Laptop: Download each morning, upload each evening. • Network: Download when needed, upload frequently.

  14. Mobile Computing in a Fieldwork Environment • Field Network Requirements • Local: Laptop as server • Data sharing • Window on a GIS • Differential GPS • <10km range • Remote: Infrequent connection

  15. Mobile Computing in a Fieldwork Environment • Field Network Solutions? • Current: GSM Phone • Radio modem • Wireless ethernet? • Future: Virtual Private Network? • Ad Hoc Network? • Mobile IP?

  16. Mobile Computing in a Fieldwork Environment Acknowledgements The MCFE project is funded by the UK higher education Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) under its JISC Technology Applications Program (JTAP), grant number JTAP-3/217. Fieldwork Collaborators: • Simon Keay and David WheatleyDepartment of Archaeology, Southampton University • Janet BaggDepartment of Anthropology, University of Kent • Kathy Pinkney and Alan BirkettDepartment of Biology, Manchester Metropolitan University

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