Title :
A Survey on Wireless Grids and Clouds
Author :
Li, Gang ; Sun, Hongmei ; Gao, Huahao ; Yu, Haiyan ; Cai, Yue
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Comput. Technol., Chinese Acad. of Sci., Beijing, China
Abstract :
Wireless grid is a wireless network based virtual system that consists of wireless-connected different types of electronic devices and computers. It has broad application prospects in e-learning, mobile e-business, modern healthcare, smart home, wireless sensor networks and disaster management. Wireless cloud is a natural extension of wireless grid. On the basis of a literature analysis, this paper gives a category on wireless grids, and discusses the concept, characteristics and architectures of wireless grids. Then it presents a review on the existing work, mainly focusing on the issues of communication technologies, middleware and applications. At the end, the paper analyzes the open issues and lists the main research directions in this field. The survey indicates that the wireless grid and cloud is a vibrant research area.
Keywords :
grid computing; radio networks; communication technologies; disaster management; e-learning; electronic devices; literature analysis; middleware; mobile e-business; modern healthcare; smart home; virtual system; wireless clouds; wireless grids; wireless network; wireless sensor network; Application software; Clouds; Communications technology; Computer architecture; Computer networks; Electronic learning; Grid computing; Medical services; Smart homes; Wireless sensor networks; wireless ad hoc networks; wireless clouds; wireless grids; wireless networks;
Conference_Titel :
Grid and Cooperative Computing, 2009. GCC '09. Eighth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Lanzhou, Gansu
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3766-5
DOI :
10.1109/GCC.2009.44
