1. Chapter 61 Information Technology For Management 6 th Edition Turban, Leidner, McLean, Wetherbe Lecture Slides by L. Beaubien, Providence College John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Mobile, Wireless and Pervasive Computing

2. Chapter 62 Mobile Computing Wired networks- limitations for people on the move Synchronization Laptops (or PDAs) with cell phones Wireless mobile computing enable a real time communication between mobile device and internet (3G, Wi-Fi), Mobile commerce is any e-commerce conducted in a wireless environment. Drivers of m commerce  Cell phones with internet access  Declining prices  Bandwidth B2B- SMS is at the center of B2B

3. Chapter 63 Mobile banking using SMS (money transfer, balance inquery, paying bills, sale/purchase stocks) Wireless electronic payment  Micro payement (pay for taxi, vending machine, public transportation)  %5 in 2006  Billing can be made to customer’s bank account, credit card, or phone  Mobile wallet stores credit card info

4. Chapter 64 Mobile shoping Mobile.yahoo.com, amazon.com, ebay, paypal Targeted advertising using GPS (shopping malls) A mobile portal is a customer channel optimized for mobility (Google, yahoo, msn..). They provide services such as news, sports, email, entertainmet, travel info… Voice portal is a website with an audio interface. You can request informatiom about weather, trafic…

5. Chapter 65 Interbusiness applications The basic idea is to provide employees collaboration tools Supporting traveling executives Using SMS instead of email Sales force automation Job dispatch (assigning jobs to mobile employees (ex. truck drivers, maintenance workers)

6. Chapter 66 L commerce Position determining equipment Mobile positioning Center GPS uses satellites to determine users position GIS- relates latitute and longtitute to a map Some services  Find nearest service  Buddy finder  Emergency assistance  Targeted advertisement  Integrating sensors, GPS, and wireless communication (onstar, cars with IP)  Autonomous Land Vehicle

7. Chapter 67 3 GSM enables the delivery of multimedia services such as music, tv, and video Wi-Fi is used to connect laptops, PDAs and cell phones to internet  Available in cafes, hotels, hospitals, airports  Hot spots  First considered as a threat to cellular services  Wi-Fi mesh Network (base stations exchange signals)  Google talk relies on Wi-Fi instead of cell phone networks (VOIP)

8. Chapter 68 Problems with Wi-Fi Roaming – users cannot roam from hotspot to hotspot if the hotspots use different Wi-Fi network services Security – because Wi-Fi uses radio waves, it is difficult to protect Cost – commercial Wi-Fi services are low cost but not free and each service has its own fees and separate accounts for users to logon

9. Chapter 69 WiMax Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, popularly known as WiMax  An alternative to DSL and Cable  Does not require a clear line of sight  Wireless access range of up to 31 miles;  Data transfer rate of 75 Mbps;  Secure system that offers voice (VOIP) and video.

10. Chapter 610 RFID Please look at IntroductionRFID.ppt

11. Chapter 611 Wireless sensor networks  Sensor (vibration, tempurture – ex. wildfire, etc)  Processor  Anthena (to nearest motes)