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Courtney, M. "Upwardly mobile [mobile computing]." Engineering & Technology 8, no. 7 (2013): 56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/et.2013.0723.

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Sujay, Sudhakar Parkhe. "Smart Computing Mobile Cloud." International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development 4, no. 3 (2020): 215–18. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3892529.

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The expansion of the Internet of Things IoT implies progressively dynamic client gadgets on the Internet. IoT devices can be ordinary articles from vehicles, advanced mobile phones to wearable sensors. Huge measures of information are produced by IoT devices through the assortment and transmission of information required for the yield of valuable results and in this way, an ef cient approach to work is significant. In the public eye today, mobile communication and mobile computing play a critical job in each part of our lives, both individual and open correspondence. By utilizing Cloud Computi
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Satyanarayanan, Mahadev. "Mobile computing." ACM SIGMOBILE Mobile Computing and Communications Review 15, no. 2 (2011): 2–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2016598.2016600.

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Cuddy, Colleen. "Mobile Computing." Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries 6, no. 1 (2009): 64–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15424060802705301.

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Satyanarayanan, M. "Mobile computing." ACM SIGMOBILE Mobile Computing and Communications Review 1, no. 1 (1997): 17–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/583973.583980.

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Satyanarayanan, M. "Mobile computing." Computer 26, no. 9 (1993): 81–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/2.231283.

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Ellermann, Todd R. "Mobile Computing." Journal of Business Strategy 23, no. 3 (2002): 11–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/eb040243.

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Rothermel, Kurt. "Mobile Computing." Informatik - Forschung und Entwicklung 16, no. 4 (2001): 177–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s004500100098.

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R. Nuiaa, Riyadh. "Mobile cloud is the infrastructure that facilitates the offloading of storage and computing resources of mobile devices pertaining mobile applications to cloud computing. Mobile devices can run expensive applications using mobile cloud as they can outsour." Journal of Education College Wasit University 1, no. 22 (2018): 759–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.31185/eduj.vol1.iss22.234.

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Mobile cloud is the infrastructure that facilitates the offloading of storage and computing resources of mobile devices pertaining mobile applications to cloud computing. Mobile devices can run expensive applications using mobile cloud as they can outsource services to cloud while providing interface for mobile users. Emerging mobile applications that are expensive can overcome the inherent problems of hand held devices through the concept of mobile cloud computing. The offloading process provide mobiles a rich platform for pervasive computing with on-demand services linked to cloud computing
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Sumit, Sumit, Ms Kirti Bhatia, and Ms Shalini Bhadola. "Cloud Computing using Mobile Phone." International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development Volume-3, Issue-3 (2019): 995–1000. http://dx.doi.org/10.31142/ijtsrd23145.

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R, Jain. "Survey on Mobile Cloud Computing." Advances in Robotic Technology 2, no. 1 (2024): 1–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.23880/art-16000111.

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The paper explores how cloud computing offers the capacity to improve computing features and application services while addressing its transformative impact on mobile device systems. It recognizes, yet, the security risks associated with transferring data and computing. Using various cloud types for secure information searches and security-critical activities, the research proposal proposes a secure exporting architecture to basic clouds. It shows the significance of cryptography, confidentiality security measures, and data security methods in solving these security issues with cloud computing
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Kwun Han and S. Ghosh. "Going mobile [mobile-computing networks]." IEEE Circuits and Devices Magazine 14, no. 1 (1998): 10–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/101.648595.

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Gururaj, H. L. "A comprehensive analysis of security challenges in mobile cloud computing." i-manager’s Journal on Cloud Computing 10, no. 2 (2023): 35. http://dx.doi.org/10.26634/jcc.10.2.20419.

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The computing capability of mobile systems is enhanced by cloud computing. Mobile devices can rely on cloud computing to perform computationally intensive operations such as data mining and searching. Mobile cloud computing refers to the availability of cloud computing services in a mobile environment. It is a combination of mobile networks and cloud computing, providing optimal services for mobile users. The use of mobile cloud computing overcomes performance-related obstacles, such as bandwidth, storage capacity, and battery life, as well as environment-related issues like availability, scal
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Nidhi, Rajak* Diwakar Shukla. "COMPARATIVE STUDY OF CLOUD COMPUTING AND MOBILE CLOUD COMPUTING." INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING SCIENCES & RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY 7, no. 3 (2018): 734–39. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1207037.

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Present era<strong> </strong>is of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and there are number of researches are going on Cloud Computing and Mobile Cloud Computing such security issues, data management,&nbsp; load balancing and so on.&nbsp; Cloud computing provides the services to the end user over Internet and&nbsp; the primary objectives &nbsp;of this computing &nbsp;are resource sharing and pooling among the end users. Mobile Cloud Computing is a combination of Cloud Computing and Mobile Computing. Here, data is stored in a Cloud Computing Infrastructure which can be access using M
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Somula, Rama Subbareddy, and Sasikala R. "A Survey on Mobile Cloud Computing: Mobile Computing + Cloud Computing (MCC = MC + CC)." Scalable Computing: Practice and Experience 19, no. 4 (2018): 309–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.12694/scpe.v19i4.1411.

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In recent years, the mobile devices become popular for communication and running advanced real time applications such as face reorganization and online games. Although, mobile devices advanced for providing significant benefits for mobile users. But still, these devices suffers with limited recourses such as computation power, battery and storage space due to the portable size. However, The Cloud Technology overcome the limitations of mobile computing with better performance and recourses. The cloud technology provides enough computing recourses to run mobile applications as storage computing
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Kurhinen, J. "Mobile Computing Environment." Telecommunications and Radio Engineering 58, no. 9-10 (2002): 7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1615/telecomradeng.v58.i9-10.110.

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Hsu, Ching-Hsien, Shangguang Wang, Yan Zhang, and Anna Kobusinska. "Mobile Edge Computing." Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing 2018 (June 27, 2018): 1–3. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7291954.

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Asokan, N., Jan-Erik Ekberg, Kari Kostiainen, et al. "Mobile Trusted Computing." Proceedings of the IEEE 102, no. 8 (2014): 1189–206. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/jproc.2014.2332007.

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Beck, Michael Till, Sebastian Feld, Claudia Linnhoff-Popien, and Uwe Pützschler. "Mobile Edge Computing." Informatik-Spektrum 39, no. 2 (2016): 108–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00287-016-0957-6.

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Mahenge, Michael P. J., Chunlin Li, and Camilius A. Sanga. "Mobile Edge Computing." International Journal of Mobile Computing and Multimedia Communications 10, no. 3 (2019): 23–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijmcmc.2019070102.

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The overwhelming growth of resource-intensive and latency-sensitive applications trigger challenges in legacy systems of mobile cloud computing (MCC) architecture. Such challenges include congestion in the backhaul link, high latency, inefficient bandwidth usage, insufficient performance, and quality of service (QoS) metrics. The objective of this study was to find out the cost-efficient design that maximizes resource utilization at the edge of the mobile network which in return minimizes the task processing costs. Thus, this study proposes a cooperative mobile edge computing (coopMEC) to addr
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Pejovic, Veljko, and Mirco Musolesi. "Anticipatory Mobile Computing." ACM Computing Surveys 47, no. 3 (2015): 1–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2693843.

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Yang, Yuhang, and Maode Ma. "Sustainable mobile computing." Computing 96, no. 2 (2013): 85–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00607-013-0309-1.

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Agrawal and Mankar. "Mobile Cloud Computing." International Journal of Ingenious Research, Invention and Development (IJIRID) 1, no. 2 (2023): 29–32. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7820178.

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Mobile Cloud Computing (MCC) which combines mobile computing and cloud computing, has become one of the industry buzz words and a major discussion thread in the IT world since 2009. As MCC is still at the early stage of development, it is necessary to grasp a thorough understanding of the technology in order to point out the direction of future research. With the latter aim, this paper presents a review on the background and principle of MCC, characteristics, recent research work, and future research trends. A brief account on the background of MCC: from mobile computing to cloud computing is
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Ahuja, Sanjay P., and Inan Kaddour. "Mobile Cloud Computing." International Journal of Cloud Applications and Computing 15, no. 1 (2025): 1–35. https://doi.org/10.4018/ijcac.378695.

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Currently, smart mobile devices are used for more than just calling and texting. They can run complex applications such as GPS, antivirus, and photo editor applications. Smart devices today offer mobility, flexibility, and portability, but they have limited resources and a relatively weak battery. As companies began creating mobile resource-hungry and power-hungry applications, they have realized that cloud computing was one of the solutions that they could utilize to overcome smart device constraints. Cloud computing helps decrease memory usage and improve battery life. Mobile cloud computing
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Sumit, Kirti Bhatia Ms., and Shalini Bhadola Ms. "Cloud Computing using Mobile Phone." International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development 3, no. 3 (2019): 995–1000. https://doi.org/10.31142/ijtsrd23145.

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Mobile Cloud Computing MCC which consolidates versatile processing and distributed computing, has turned out to be one of the business trendy expressions and a noteworthy dialog string in the IT world since 2009. As MCC is still at the beginning period of improvement, it is important to get a handle on an exhaustive comprehension of the innovation so as to call attention to the course of future research. With the last point, this paper introduces a survey on the foundation and standard of MCC, attributes, ongoing examination work, and future research patterns. A concise record on the foundatio
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V.Arun, V. Arun, and Dr K. L. Shunmuganathan Dr. K.L. Shunmuganathan. "Secure Sandbox for Mobile Computing Host with Shielded Mobile Agent." Indian Journal of Applied Research 3, no. 9 (2011): 296–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.15373/2249555x/sept2013/87.

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R, Kalpana. "Mobile Computin." Shanlax International Journal of Arts, Science and Humanities 6, S1 (2018): 111–14. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1411001.

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Advances in wireless networking have prompted a new concept of computing, called&nbsp;mobile? Computing? In? Which? Users? Carrying? Portable? Devices? Have?&nbsp;Access? To? a? Shared infrastructure, independent of their physical location. Mobile&nbsp; computing has fast become a crucial fresh prototype in nowadays world of networked&nbsp;computing &nbsp;systems. &nbsp;This &nbsp;provides &nbsp;flexible? &nbsp;Communication &nbsp;between &nbsp;people &nbsp;and&nbsp;continuous access to networked services. Mobile computing is revolutionizing the&nbsp;way computers are used and in the coming ye
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Bellavista, P., A. Corradi, and C. Stefanelli. "Mobile agent middleware for mobile computing." Computer 34, no. 3 (2001): 73–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/2.910896.

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Akherfi, Khadija, Hamid Harroud, and Michael Gerndt. "A Mobile Cloud Middleware to Support Mobility and Cloud Interoperability." International Journal of Adaptive, Resilient and Autonomic Systems 7, no. 1 (2016): 41–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijaras.2016010103.

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With the recent advances in cloud computing and the improvement in the capabilities of mobile devices in terms of speed, storage, and computing power, Mobile Cloud Computing (MCC) is emerging as one of important branches of cloud computing. MCC is an extension of cloud computing with the support of mobility. In this paper, the authors first present the specific concerns and key challenges in mobile cloud computing. They then discuss the different approaches to tackle the main issues in MCC that have been introduced so far, and finally focus on describing the proposed overall architecture of a
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Parveen Shaik, Dr Sajeeda. "Strategic Placement of Servers in Mobile Cloud Computing: A Comprehensive Exploration of Edge Computing, Fog Computing, and Cloudlet Technologies." INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING & APPLIED SCIENCES 8, no. 4 (2020): 24–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.55083/irjeas.2020.v08i04009.

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Mobile Cloud Computing (MCC) has become integral to the advancement of mobile applications, necessitating strategic server placement for optimized performance. This review article explores three pivotal technologies—Edge Computing, Fog Computing, and Cloudlet Technologies—aimed at addressing the challenges posed by traditional cloud-centric models in MCC environments. The paper provides a thorough analysis of each approach, elucidating their architectural principles, benefits, and applications. Edge Computing’s proximity to end-users, Fog Computing’s intermediary role, and the localized Cloudl
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Wadatkar, Radhika Ashok, and Prof. Samata Athawale. "Study of Mobile Computing in Cloud Computing Technology." International Journal of Ingenious Research, Invention and Development (IJIRID) 3, no. 5 (2024): 518–24. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14217403.

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Mobile computing has revolutionized the way individuals and organizations interact with information and each other. This report explores the fundamental aspects of mobile computing, focusing on the integration of portable devices, wireless communication technologies, and cloud-based services. It examines the diverse applications that enable users to perform tasks such as communication, navigation, and data management while on the move. The report also highlights the significant benefits of mobile computing, including enhanced productivity and connectivity. However, it addresses challenges such
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IehabALRassan and HananAlShaher. "Securing Mobile Cloud Using Finger Print Authentication." International Journal of Network Security & Its Applications (IJNSA) 5, no. 6 (2013): 41–53. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5746254.

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Mobile cloud computing becomes part of mobile users daily life transactions. Mobile devices with Internet capabilities have increased the use of mobile clouding computing. Due to hardware limitations in mobile devices, these devices can&#39;t install and run applications require heavy CPU processing or extensive memory. Cloud computing allows mobile users to synchronize their data with remote storage and utilize applications require heavy CPU processing or extensive memory such as Microsoft Office or Adobe Photoshop, as they run in a desktop computer. The combination of cloud computing and mob
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Mahesh, Gadhavi, and Patel Chirag. "MOBILE CLOUD COMPUTING –FUTURE OF NEXT GENERATION COMPUTING." International Journal of Information Sciences and Techniques (IJIST) 6, no. 1/2 (2016): 231–35. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7898231.

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Mobile device has become essential part of human life. Apart from call and receive functions, user can access many function in his/her mobile. A user wants everything on his/her mobile device for the ease of work. Some people use tablets instead of laptop or desktop. In this paper, insights into Mobile Cloud Computing (MCC) are presented. First overview of cloud computing system is discussed. Then after architecture of MCC is presented. Some applications based on MCC are also discussed and paper is concluded by exploring the problems and solutions of these in MCC.
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Matthew, N. O. Sadiku, A. Omotoso Adedamola, and M. Musa Sarhan. "Nomadic Computing A Primer." International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development 3, no. 3 (2019): 830–31. https://doi.org/10.31142/ijtsrd23039.

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The wide availability of mobile devices has enabled us to conduct our personal computing and communications activities on the go. Consequently, we are fast becoming a community of nomadic computer users. Nomadicity is an emerging technology. Nomadic computing is the use of mobile devices to connect to computer network such as the Internet while mobile. It extends the office to employees on the go. This paper provides a brief introduction to nomadic computing. Matthew N. O. Sadiku | Adedamola A. Omotoso | Sarhan M. Musa &quot;Nomadic Computing: A Primer&quot; Published in International Journal
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Ramya, K. "Mobile Computing Broadband Networks." International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology V, no. II (2017): 292–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.22214/ijraset.2017.2045.

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Amaravadi, Chandra Sekhar, and George Mangalaraj. "Research in Mobile Computing." International Journal of Virtual Communities and Social Networking 7, no. 1 (2015): 36–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijvcsn.2015010104.

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The mobile phone has emerged as the most significant addition to IT infrastructure since the birth of the internet. It has also spawned a prodigious amount of research. However, in the IS field there is a paucity of technical research in mobile computing. The authors justify this position via a survey of the literature as well as a survey of leading conferences in IS. Predictably, the IS field is focused on impact and usage studies rather than design so this is a tremendous opportunity for the field. According to the authors' survey of IS conferences that includes over 8,500 articles, the numb
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Edmondson, James, William Anderson, Jeff Gray, Joseph P. Loyall, Klaus Schmid, and Jules White. "Next-Generation Mobile Computing." IEEE Software 31, no. 2 (2014): 44–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ms.2014.39.

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Dunham, Margaret H., and Abdelsalam Helal. "Mobile computing and databases." ACM SIGMOD Record 24, no. 4 (1995): 5–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/219713.219727.

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Adatia, Feisal A. "Mobile Computing for Ophthalmologists." Techniques in Ophthalmology 5, no. 2 (2007): 78–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/ito.0b013e31806f58d4.

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Jain, Sandeep. "Introduction to mobile computing." XRDS: Crossroads, The ACM Magazine for Students 7, no. 2 (2000): 2. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/355146.355147.

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Jones, A. "Mobile Computing to Go." IEEE Concurrency 7, no. 2 (1999): 20–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/mcc.1999.766958.

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Pejović, Veljko. "Towards Approximate Mobile Computing." GetMobile: Mobile Computing and Communications 22, no. 4 (2019): 9–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3325867.3325871.

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Resende, Mauricio G. C. "“Mobile Networks and Computing,”." Journal of Combinatorial Optimization 5, no. 4 (2001): 497–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/a:1011633010511.

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Shih, Timothy K. "Mobile agent evolution computing." Information Sciences 137, no. 1-4 (2001): 53–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0020-0255(01)00109-8.

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Scholtz, Jean. "Ubiquitous computing goes mobile." ACM SIGMOBILE Mobile Computing and Communications Review 5, no. 3 (2001): 32–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/584051.584054.

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Rößling, Guido, Henning Bär, Christoph Trompler, and Chin-Man Choi. "Mobile computing in education." ACM SIGCSE Bulletin 35, no. 3 (2003): 227. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/961290.961583.

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Auffermann, William F., Alison L. Chetlen, Arjun Sharma, et al. "Mobile Computing for Radiology." Academic Radiology 20, no. 12 (2013): 1495–505. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.acra.2013.09.009.

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Francese, Rita, Michele Risi, Genoveffa Tortora, and Maurizio Tucci. "Visual Mobile Computing for Mobile End-Users." IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing 15, no. 4 (2016): 1033–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/tmc.2015.2422295.

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Suchit, Kumar Vyas, and Satish Kumar Dr. "Study of mobile cloud computing security and its challenges." International Journal of Advance Research in Multidisciplinary 1, no. 1 (2023): 511–16. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13950280.

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The rise of cloud computing has significantly impacted software organizations and the design of software architecture. As cloud computing and mobile internet continue to evolve, mobile cloud computing is emerging as a new application model. This model combines three key technologies: mobile computing, cloud computing, and wireless technology. Mobile cloud computing has become a crucial and advanced technology today, yet mobile devices still face several challenges. These include issues related to storage, security, privacy, and connectivity. Mobile cloud computing offers resources and services
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K., Arul Jothy, Sivakumar K., and Delsey M.J. "Distributed System Framework for Mobile Cloud Computing." Bonfring International Journal of Research in Communication Engineering 8, no. 1 (2018): 05–09. http://dx.doi.org/10.9756/bijrce.8357.

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