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Mobile Computing is computing done by users that connect intermittently with each other across a wireless network. The computing device can take many different popular forms such as:
PDA's or Personal Digital Assistants commonly referred to as handhelds.
Cell phones, many of which are now hybrid devices containing powerful computing processors capable of sophisticated client side processing.
Laptop, notebook, and tablet computers.
The data transmission, user authorization, and traffic management protocols involved in mobile computing are the heart of the wireless computing revolution. The most dominant protocol involved with wireless networking is 802.11b. This protocol refers to a family of specifications developed by the IEEE for wireless networking. The 802.11 specification concerns itself with the connection between a wireless client and a base station, or between two wireless clients, across an over-the-air network connection.
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