Supporting user mobility with peer-to-peer-based application mobility in heterogeneous networks

Author

Johansson, Dan ; Andersson, Karl ; Ahlund, Christer

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Electr. & Space Eng., Lulea Univ. of Technol., Skelleftea, Sweden

fYear

2013

fDate

21-24 Oct. 2013

Firstpage

150

Lastpage

153

Abstract

When migrating applications between devices during runtime, one has achieved application mobility. In this paper we present the XAM system, providing application mobility through a peer-to-peer based solution over heterogeneous networks. Our architecture takes into consideration established requirements of application mobility, being application identification and distribution; context-awareness and context quality; seamlessness; heterogeneity support; and usability. Our system differs from traditional systems as it provides application mobility in a decentralized manner over heterogeneous networks, using different communication technologies. Following the evaluation of our system, we also discuss major challenges and possibilities for the continuing evolution of application mobility systems.

Keywords

mobility management (mobile radio); peer-to-peer computing; XAM system; application distribution; application identification; context quality; context-awareness; heterogeneous networks; peer-to-peer-based application mobility; user mobility; Computer architecture; Context; IEEE 802.11 Standards; Middleware; Peer-to-peer computing; Protocols; Sockets;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Local Computer Networks Workshops (LCN Workshops), 2013 IEEE 38th Conference on

Conference_Location

Sydney, NSW

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0539-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LCNW.2013.6758512

Filename

6758512