Transparent Peer to Peer TCP/IP over IrDA

[摘要] This paper describes a novel approach to using TCP/IP applications over IrDA. First, we look into why so few applications are available over IrDA and what is necessary to make the use of those applications attractive to end-users. Then, we present a new scheme that enable the use of the IrDA communication layer by those applications in a transparent fashion with minimal overhead. We describe the various components necessary to implement such a scheme, IrNET, the name resolver and the discovery manager, and explain how we have implemented those components under Linux. We finish by showing a few examples of use of those components with real applications. 9 Pages

[发布机构] HP Development Company

[学科分类] 计算机科学（综合）

[关键词] wireless;radio;MAC;protocol;802.11