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The Emerging Fabric of Seamless Mobility
Technical Paper
2000-01-C033
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Language:
English
Abstract
Consider this recent data about the "speed'' of the
information age: In a sixty-month window beginning in the year
1995, the number of cellular phone subscribers increased from 90
million to 330 million, the number of people on the internet went
from about 5 million to just under 200 million, and not
surprisingly the number of websites grew from a few thousands to 50
million. Now further consider that almost every cellular phone
subscriber is also an automobile user, be it as a driver or a
passenger. A fabric of mobility soon emerges --- one that is formed
by the meshing of the strands of information mobility with those of
personal mobility.
In this paper we explore a "new frontier'' --- a
"territory'' on this multidimensional fabric that is
defined by the demands of seamless mobility. The typical daily
cycle of events in our lives involve many different modalities and
time-phases of mobility. We examine the rapidly increasing demands
of seamless mobility in this context. Finally we relate our
analysis of the emerging fabric of seamless mobility to the
evolving driving experience.