A Programming Interface for Application-Aware Adaptation in Mobile Computing

Authors: 

Brian D. Noble, Morgan Price, and M. Satyanarayanan Carnegie Mellon University

Abstract: 

UNIX hosts configured for network operation typically hang, or freeze, when temporarily disconnected from the network. This failure is unacceptable to the user of a mobile host who purposely disconnects the host from the network in order to move it to another location not serviced by a network connection. This paper describes an approach that automatically enables a system to continue to function, in a diminished capacity, when disconnected from the network.

BibTeX
@inproceedings {252322,
author = {Brian D. Noble and Morgan Price and M. Satyanarayanan},
title = {A Programming Interface for {Application-Aware} Adaptation in Mobile Computing},
booktitle = {Second USENIX Symposium on Mobile and Location-Independent Computing ( Second USENIX Symposium on Mobile and Location-Independent Computing)},
year = {1995},
address = {Ann Arbor, MI},
url = {https://www.usenix.org/conference/second-usenix-symposium-mobile-and-location-independent-computing/programming-interface},
publisher = {USENIX Association},
month = apr
}
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Paper: 
http://usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/mob95/full_papers/noble.ps