7.8. Mobile users, computers and objects
7.8.1. Mobile computers
The use of small computers such as laptops and palmtops has increased over the years and internet-enabled telephones are coming into widespread use. Developments in technology have made it possible to build laptops with substantial processing power and memory and a certain amount of local storage. Increasingly, their owners expect to be able to attach such computers to a network wherever they happen to be. The requirement is then to be able to use their home environment from anywhere in the world as well as access general network-based services. This requirement raises many questions:
How should a mobile computer be named so that it can be recognized whenever it attaches to a network? ...
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