Guest editors' introduction: software engineering for the wireless internet
Maurizio Morisio, Markku Oivo · IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering · 2003
IN the recent years, the wireless Internet has become reality. Access is wireless via personal (such as Bluetooth), local (Wi-Fi), or global (cellular) networks. A variety of mobile terminals can be used, PC-like (PDAs, laptops, tablet PCs), or phone-like (smart phones, mobile phones). Several applications are being and will be developed, either to adapt existing ones to the new infrastructure, or to support mobile services, such as travel information, roadside assistance, etc. This scenario raises new engineering challenges, both at the connectivity and at the application level. This special issue deals with the latter, and stems from work done by the guest editors in the domain. The key question is: What is the impact of the wireless Internet on building applications—or what is specific to software engineering for the wireless Internet, as pointed out in the title. From an application developer point of view the challenges include: