Extending the data services of mobile computers by external data lockers

Although mobile computers are becoming more and more powerful, the intrinsic features of wireless communications: poor quality, limited bandwidth, continuous disconnections, expensive communications, still limit the performance delivered to mobile users. The authors present the Locker Rent Service t...

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Published inProceedings 11th International Workshop on Database and Expert Systems Applications pp. 160 - 164
Main Authors Villate, Y., Pitoura, E., Illarramendi, A., Elmagarmid, A.K.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 2000
Subjects
Antarctica
Bandwidth
Computer architecture
Ground penetrating radar
GSM
Mobile communication
Mobile computing
Protection
Wireless communication
Wireless networks
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Summary:Although mobile computers are becoming more and more powerful, the intrinsic features of wireless communications: poor quality, limited bandwidth, continuous disconnections, expensive communications, still limit the performance delivered to mobile users. The authors present the Locker Rent Service that allows mobile users to rent a dedicated disk space, located in the fixed network, where they can store and access their data. Besides increasing the storage capacity of mobile devices, the Locker Rent Service offers to mobile users data protection, battery power savings and various communication optimizations. The service is supported by a middleware architecture that incorporates this and other services with the general goal of increasing mobile computer capabilities and performance. The architecture is based on mobile agents and offers flexibility and adaptability with a low overhead as shown by our preliminary performance results.
ISBN:9780769506807
0769506801
ISSN:1529-4188
2378-3915
DOI:10.1109/DEXA.2000.875020