DocumentCode :
2790835
Title :
Exploring an Information Framework for Consistency Maintenance in Distributed Interactive Applications
Author :
Zhang, Xin ; Ward, Tomás ; Mcloone, Séamus
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Nat. Univ. of Ireland Maynooth, Maynooth, Ireland
fYear :
2009
fDate :
25-28 Oct. 2009
Firstpage :
121
Lastpage :
128
Abstract :
Consistency maintenance in distributed interactive applications (DIAs) is subjected to network characteristics such as limited bandwidth and latency. Predictive contract mechanisms are techniques that compensate for the effect of network latency by extrapolating future entity states from historical records. These approaches trade inconsistency within human perceptual limits for reduced network traffic and latency. This paper explores the use of an information metric to analyse the effect of network latency on remote consistency and thus establishes a novel framework to model predictive contract mechanisms as a lossy information sharing process. Such a perspective facilitates a novel explicit analysis of the trade-off between network traffic and inconsistency.
Keywords :
computer networks; telecommunication traffic; consistency maintenance; distributed interactive applications; information metric; network latency; network traffic; predictive contract mechanisms; remote consistency; Application software; Bandwidth; Computational modeling; Contracts; Delay; Military computing; Predictive models; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control; Virtual environment; Consistency-Throughput Trade-off; Distributed Interactive Applications; consistency; information;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications, 2009. DS-RT '09. 13th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Singapore
ISSN :
1550-6525
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3868-6
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/DS-RT.2009.23
Filename :
5361773
Link To Document :
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