NETWORK APPLICATIONS FOR MOBILE COMPUTING

Mobile computing, which enables real-time remote access to corporate n etworks from a notebook computer, is now being spotlighted as notebook computers become smaller and more complex, and ISDN, wireless network s, and cellular phones become more popular. Unlike conventional networ ks, many problems encountered when constructing mobile computing envir onments affect mobile computing users and network administrators. This paper discusses these problems and introduces three communications so ftware products to help users overcome them.