DocumentCode :
588033
Title :
Satisfying the hunger for mobile online games: Providing quality time in vehicular scenarios
Author :
Saldana, Jose ; Marfia, Gustavo ; Roccetti, Marco
Author_Institution :
Commun. Technol. Group (GTC), Univ. of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
fYear :
2012
fDate :
22-23 Nov. 2012
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
2
Abstract :
An increasing number of players now normally enjoy playing online games while on the move, directly from their smartphones. One barrier, however, still prevents from enjoying a fully mobile experience, as cellular network technologies do not appear capable, today, of supporting the high interactivity that the streams of some game genres (e.g., First Person Shooters) require. Our contribution is that of proposing a mechanism capable of dealing with such problem while moving in a car. Knowing in advance WiFi access point positions, we propose a mechanism that estimates the contact times in an urban setting and provides valuable advice to a player regarding which tasks it will (not) presumably be able to accomplish, during the available connectivity time. The validity of our approach is confirmed in simulation utilizing a set of vehicular traces collected on the streets of Pisa, Italy.
Keywords :
computer games; mobile computing; smart phones; wireless LAN; Italy; Pisa; WiFi access point position; car; cellular network technology; connectivity time; contact time estimation; first person shooter; high interactivity support; mobile experience; mobile online game; quality time; smartphone; vehicular scenario; vehicular trace; Ad hoc networks; Games; IEEE 802.11 Standards; Mobile communication; Roads; Vehicles; Wireless communication; online games; real-time services; vehicular communications;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Network and Systems Support for Games (NetGames), 2012 11th Annual Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Venice
ISSN :
2156-8138
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4576-7
Electronic_ISBN :
2156-8138
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/NetGames.2012.6404019
Filename :
6404019
Link To Document :
بازگشت