L. Benetazzo

The paper presents an experimental analysis of some link layer characteristics of GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) mobile networks and discusses their relationship to TCP/IP performances. Mobile networks implement sophisticated mechanisms in order to provide mobility and capacity in a wide area. Unfortunately, large delays along the radio path may be introduced, thus reducing throughput in data transfers. The paper

This paper presents solutions for the development of test procedures that require remote control of instrumentation through the network. At first, a brief critical summary of some existing technologies is reported and commented. Then, an architecture based on a multiserver-multiclient paradigm is described. The architecture provides instrumentation management in a device-independent manner, fast development of user applications and supports different