Using Mobile Cloud Computing for Real-Time Online Applications

Author

Meilander, Dominik ; Glinka, F. ; Gorlatch, S. ; Li Lin ; Wei Zhang ; Xiaofei Liao

Author_Institution

Univ. of Muenster, Muenster, Germany

fYear

2014

fDate

8-11 April 2014

Firstpage

48

Lastpage

56

Abstract

We consider a challenging class of highly interactive virtual environments, also known as Real-Time Online Interactive Applications (ROIA). Popular examples of ROIA include multi-player online computer games, e-learning and training applications based on real-time simulations, among others. An emerging enhancement for ROIA is the use of mobile devices for accessing the application (mobile ROIA). However, the limited computing power of mobile devices is an obstacle for implementing computation-intensive parts of ROIA, in particular graphics processing, on mobile devices. This paper proposes a runtime system for mobile ROIA that moves computation-intensive tasks, including graphics processing, from the mobile devices to Cloud resources. We report experimental results of our runtime system using a multi-player online game with real-world characteristics.

Keywords

cloud computing; computer games; computer graphics; mobile computing; computation-intensive tasks; e-learning; graphics processing; highly interactive virtual environments; mobile ROIA; mobile cloud computing; mobile devices; multiplayer online computer games; real-time online interactive applications; training applications; Computer architecture; Mobile communication; Mobile handsets; Real-time systems; Rendering (computer graphics); Servers; Three-dimensional displays; Experimental Results; Mobile Cloud Computing; Mobile Devices; Real-Time Framework (RTF); Real-Time Online Interactive Applications (ROIA);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mobile Cloud Computing, Services, and Engineering (MobileCloud), 2014 2nd IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Oxford

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MobileCloud.2014.19

Filename

6834945