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Using devices designed to be portable

Mobile computing is human–computer interaction in which a computer is expected to be transported during normal usage and allow for transmission of data, which can include voice and video transmissions. Mobile computing involves mobile communication, mobile hardware, and mobile software. Communication issues include ad hoc networks and infrastructure networks as well as communication properties, protocols, data formats, and concrete technologies. Hardware includes mobile devices or device components. Mobile software deals with the characteristics and requirements of mobile applications. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: Mobile computingA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: Deep Reinforcement Learning for Task Offloading in Mobile Edge Computing SystemsInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: iPhone for dummiesThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: A Survey on Mobile Edge Computing: The Communication PerspectiveCited 5,345 times
  5. Go sideways: Mobile deviceA closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: Personal digital assistantA closely related topic

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🗂️ The subject at a glance

  1. Main principles
  2. Devices
  3. Limitations
  4. In-vehicle computing and fleet computing
  5. Security issues involved in mobile
  6. Portable computing devices
  7. Mobile data communication

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

🆕 Influential since 2022

📚 Books worth reading

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