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An architecture for building an ad-hoc wireless network is presented in which various face-to-face, peer-to-peer collaborative applications function simultaneously and the interconnections between group members are highly dynamic and self-organizing. To illustrate how the architecture implements communication, examples of client-server and point-to-point communication are given. An interconnection architecture of a Mobile Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (MCSCL) environment is analyzed in detail. Its communication protocols are showed with sequence diagrams. The paper concludes with an evaluation of the architecture’s performance.
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Zurita, G., Nussbaum, M. (2006). An Ad-Hoc Wireless Network Architecture for Face-to-Face Mobile Collaborative Applications. In: Grass, W., Sick, B., Waldschmidt, K. (eds) Architecture of Computing Systems - ARCS 2006. ARCS 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3894. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11682127_4
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