An ad hoc networkis a collwtion of wirelessmobilenodes dynamically forminga
temporarynetworkwithoutthe use of anyexistingnetworkirrfrastructureor …

In this paper, we propose a new paradigm for network file system design, serverless
network, file systems. While traditional netwc~ rk file systems rely on a central server …

The Bayou System is a platform of replicated, highly-available, variable-consistency, mobile
databases on which to build collaborative applications. This paper presents the preliminary …

The Rover toolkit combines relocatable dynamic objects and queued remote procedure calls
to provide unique services for “roving” mobile applications. A relocatable dynamic object is …

Earth date, August 11, 1997" Beam me up Scottie!"" We cannot do it! This is not Star Trek's
Enterprise. This is early years Earth." True, this is not yet the era of Star Trek, we cannot …

The author presents improved inapproximability results for three problems: the problem of
finding the maximum clique size in a graph, the problem of finding the chromatic number of a …

File prefetching is an e ective technique for improving le access performance. In this paper,
we present a le prefetching mechanism that is based on on-line analytic modeling of …

Ficus is a flexible replication facility with optimistic concurrency control designed to span a
wide range of scales and network environments. Optimistic concurrency control provides …

A common problem facing mobile computing is &connected op-eration, or computing in the
absence of a network. Hoarding eases disconnected operation by selecting a subset of the …

Weak corrrrecdvi~, in the form of intermittent, low-bandwidth, or expensive networks is a fact
of life in mobile computing. In this paper, we describe how the Coda File System has …