A Novel Data Replication and Management Protocol for Mobile Computing Systems

Abawajy, J.H. and Deris, M.M. and Omar, M. (2006) A Novel Data Replication and Management Protocol for Mobile Computing Systems. Mobile Information Systems, 2 (1). pp. 3-19. ISSN 1574-017X, DOI https://doi.org/10.1155/2006/930587.

Preview

PDF (Full Text) OmarM_(2006).pdf - Published Version Download (1MB)

Abstract

Mobile computing has enabled users to seamlessly access databases even when they are on the move. Mobile computing environments require data management approaches that are able to provide complete and highly available access to shared data at any time from any where. In this paper, we propose a novel replicated data protocol for achieving such goal. The proposed scheme replicates data synchronously over stationary sites based on three dimensional grid structure while objects in mobile sites are asynchronously replicated based on commonly visited sites for each user. This combination allows the proposed protocol to operate with less than full connectivity, to easily adapt to changes in group membership and not require all sites to agree to update data objects at any given time, thus giving the technique flexibility in mobile environments. The proposed replication technique is compared with a baseline replication technique and shown to exhibit high availability, fault tolerance and minimal access times of the data and services, which are very important in an environment with low-quality communication links.

Item Type:	Article
Funders:	UNSPECIFIED
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Novel Data Replication; Management Protocol; Mobile Computing Systems
Subjects:	Q Science > QA Mathematics Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
Divisions:	Faculty of Science > Institute of Mathematical Sciences
Depositing User:	Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim
Date Deposited:	07 Jul 2017 03:48
Last Modified:	07 Jul 2017 03:48
URI:	http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/17457

Actions (login required)

View Item