A simulation model of adaptive protocols in distributed computing systems with mobile hosts

Author

Lai, S.J. ; Zaslavsky, A. ; Martin, G.M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Technol., Monash Univ., Melbourne, Vic., Australia

fYear

1995

fDate

9-13 Apr 1995

Firstpage

220

Lastpage

227

Abstract

Simulation is a scientific method which is largely dominated by computers and has allowed the testing and assessment of many models before actual implementation. The paper proposes an approach to construction of a simulation that models the behaviour of an adaptive queuing protocol (AQP). AQP was developed for database applications on mobile computers in a distributed multidatabase environment but can also be used in many other areas including distributed operating systems. By constructing the simulation model it is possible to both prove that it can be implemented, and at the same time study its expected behaviour in a mobile computing environment. The results of the simulation are analysed and discussed

Keywords

adaptive systems; digital simulation; distributed databases; microcomputers; mobile communication; mobile radio; network operating systems; portable computers; transport protocols; adaptive protocols; adaptive queuing protocol; database applications; distributed computing systems; distributed multidatabase environment; distributed operating systems; mobile computing environment; mobile hosts; simulation model; Application software; Computational modeling; Computer applications; Computer simulation; Distributed computing; Distributed databases; Mobile computing; Operating systems; Protocols; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Simulation Symposium, 1995., Proceedings of the 28th Annual

Conference_Location

Phoenix, AZ

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7091-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SIMSYM.1995.393577

Filename

393577