Mobile Computing Systems Design Issues & Tools

Design Issues:

The following systems design issues are important in any mobile computing project:

• Network design - selecting the right network
• Integration (or not) of the mobile applications with the Internet and web architecture
• Capacity planning and calculating response time
• Data compression considerations
• System availability design
• Security issues
• Ergonomic Design considerations, such as form factor, battery life, method of input - pen, touch, keyboard or voice, ruggedness, fixed or portable installation

For more details on each of these topics, please click on this page.  For still greater depth, please refer to Chapter 17 of  "Mobile Computing - A Systems Integrator's Handbook"