NIMBLE: Many-time, Many-where communication support
for
information systems in highly mobile and wireless environments
The goal of the research effort in NIMBLE is
the design, evaluation, and
deployment of information services using the concept of Infostations.
The architecture consists of a
ubiquitous low bandwidth wireless network which is augmented
with convenient and frequent access to isolated high bandwidth connections
which we call Infostations . This network supports a
``many-time, many-where'' communication paradigm
that is suited for a wide variety of information
services. Different kinds of Infostations are being deisgned:
- Sit-through Infostations
- Walk-through Infostations
- Drive-through Infostations
An additional aspect of this work is our
consideration of ``asymmetric'' transmission to achieve very small, very low
cost terminals
having very low energy requirements.
People Involved
Publications
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WINMAC: A novel transmission protocol for Infostations
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Minimizing the file transfer delay in an infostation system
- Infostations: The joy of many-time, many-where publications.
Dick Frenkiel and Tomasz Imielinski, WINLAB TECH report, April 1996.
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"INFOSTATIONS : A New System Model for Data and Messaging Services"
D.J. Goodman, J. Borras, N.B. Mandayam and R.D. Yates
Proceedings of IEEE VTC'97, vol. 2, pp. 969-973, Phoenix, AZ. May 1997
Presentations
DARPA Contract: DAAG55-97-1-0322
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