Broadcast Protocols to Support Efficient Retrieval from Databases by Mobile Users Article

Datta, A, Vandermeer, DE, Celik, A et al. (1999). Broadcast Protocols to Support Efficient Retrieval from Databases by Mobile Users . ACM TRANSACTIONS ON DATABASE SYSTEMS, 24(1), 1-79. 10.1145/310701.310710

cited authors

  • Datta, A; Vandermeer, DE; Celik, A; Kumar, V

abstract

  • Mobile computing has the potential for managing information globally. Data management issues in mobile computing have received some attention in recent times, and the design of adaptive broadcast protocols has been posed as an important problem. Such protocols are employed by database servers to decide on the content of broadcasts dynamically, in response to client mobility and demand patterns. In this paper we design such protocols and also propose efficient retrieval strategies that may be employed by clients to download information from broadcasts. The goal is to design cooperative strategies between server and client to provide access to information in such a way as to minimize energy expenditure by clients. We evaluate the performance of our protocols both analytically and through simulation. General Terms: Algorithms, Performance.

publication date

  • January 1, 1999

published in

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

start page

  • 1

end page

  • 79

volume

  • 24

issue

  • 1