Carlos Baquero

Citation:

Moreno CB.  1996.  Indirect Calls: Remote invocations on loosely coupled systems.

Abstract:

Integration of Mobile computers into Worldwide networks is traditionally managed by hosting them into the fixed network. We argue that this approach excludes some important forms of interaction. We present a communication mechanism, suitable for developing applications that take advantage of transient connections. These communications can be supported by several transport mechanisms, including Email and plain file copying between non networked computers. 1 Introduction Future applications can be expected to follow two major trends, Mobility and Worldwideness. These two issues are strongly interrelated as Worldwide systems often experience disconnected operation under network partitions and Mobile computers are partially integrated (possibly hosted) into worldwide networks. A common scenario for the integration of mobile hosts (MHs) is based on a fixed worldwide network to which MHs connect from time to time, either by fixed or wireless links.

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