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Title:
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WIRELESS SYSTEMS IMPLEMENTATION FOR A MOBILE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT |
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Author(s):
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Serena Pastore |
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ISBN:
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972-8924-15-1 |
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Editors:
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Pedro Isaías, Piet Kommers and Inmaculada Arnedillo Sánchez |
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Year:
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2006 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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WLANs, ad-hoc network, pervasive computing, IEEE 802.11 standards, Bluetooth standard, mobile content. |
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Type:
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Full Paper |
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First Page:
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297 |
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Last Page:
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301 |
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Language:
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English |
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Cover:
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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Technology is moving from personal computers to handheld, intelligent and everyday devices with embedded
connectivity towards the pervasive computing area which aims at providing access anytime, anywhere with any network
to whatever relevant data. Such ideal information system may be designed to support a mobile learning approach that
may represent a practical application of an ubiquitous world. In this scenario, the paper describes the testing of available
wireless technologies (essentially Wi-Fi and Bluetooth standards) and network topologies (ad hoc and infrastructure
mode) in order to realize a mobile learning environment as support to a project that aims at using mobile technologies and
handheld devices in teaching and learning astrophysic. A wireless infrastructure is used for the deployment of each
module in which a test course has been structured: the networks adopted are mainly based on Wi-Fi (802.11) standards as
a tradeoff between network software constraints, facility of implementation and administration, simplicity of use by end
users. Moreover the document details some issues come out in this experience regarding technological limit of wireless
standards (i.e. limited network bandwidth for learning goals) and the lack of software support in developing real deviceindependent
multimedia content. |
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