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Networked Surfaces

A Networked Surface is a physical surface (e.g. a desk), which provides networking or power to "objects" placed on top of it. This new type of network combines characteristics found in both "wired" and "wireless" networks, such as the dedicated data connections possible in wired networks, and the mobility inherent in wireless systems.

"Objects" of interest include desktop computers and peripherals, laptop computers, palm pilots and other PDA's, mobile phones (for charging), and any device which could benefit from either networking or power.

The Networked Surface can also provide accurate position and orientation information about objects on the Surface. This can facilitate many Sentient Computing applications. Publications

Publications

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  • Frank Hoffmann, James Scott, Michael D. Addlesee, Glenford Mapp, Andy Hopper.
    Data Transport on the Networked Surface.
    In Proceedings of the 26th Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN 2001), Tampa, Florida, USA, November 2001.


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  • James Scott, Frank Hoffmann, Glenford Mapp, Michael D. Addlesee, Andy Hopper.
    Networked Surfaces: A New Concept in Mobile Networking.
    In Proceedings of the Third IEEE Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications (WMCSA 2000), Monterey, California, USA, December 2000.


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  • James Scott, Frank Hoffmann.
    Networked Surfaces.
    In Proceedings of Multi-Service Networks 2000, Abingdon, England, July 2000.
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