Computer supported work is increasingly being done out of the
traditional office environment, for example whilst travelling or at home
and there is a growing need to support the cooperative aspects of such
work. Remote Cooperation looks at ways of improving the available
communications, through the use of packet radio and compression
techniques, in order to reduce the imbalance between office-based and
mobile workers. It also assesses how the effectiveness of the existing
communications infrastructure can be improved, by providing cooperative
applications which fit within its limitations.
Broadly divided into five sections - social and economic context,
application domains, software technology and infrastructure,
communications technology and infrastructure, working and learning from
home - this volume contains contributions from both the research
community and industry.