Description: Mobility is one of the foremost issues in networking today. This useful reference brings together in one convenient volume, the most important papers on the development and research in mobile computing. Starting with early systems where migrating processes first confronted the networking environment, the book progresses to more recent applications such as mobile agents for the Web, security and system reliability, and Mobile IP. The papers address three central technologies enabling mobile functionality within computer systems: process migration, mobile agents, and mobile computing. For each of these areas, the authors preface the papers with a description of what problems the technology addresses, and how the technology is actually used. By highlighting common challenges and solutions, this resource provides useful perspective on the past, present, and future of mobility in distributed computing.

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