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Title: Location management in mobile networks.
Creator: Colucci, Raymond A., Florida Atlantic University, Mahgoub, Imad
Abstract/Description: Location management in a mobile network provides functions to locate, identify, and validate a terminal or user. The purpose of this thesis is to describe a scheme that would be useful in a wireless network for managing the location of mobile users. This thesis presents a new, distributed location management strategy for mobile systems. Its features are fast location update and query, load balancing among location servers, and scalability. The strategy employs dynamic hashing techniques and...
Show moreLocation management in a mobile network provides functions to locate, identify, and validate a terminal or user. The purpose of this thesis is to describe a scheme that would be useful in a wireless network for managing the location of mobile users. This thesis presents a new, distributed location management strategy for mobile systems. Its features are fast location update and query, load balancing among location servers, and scalability. The strategy employs dynamic hashing techniques and quorums to manage location update and query operations. Location information of a mobile host is replicated at a subset of location servers.
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Date Issued: 2000
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12712
Subject Headings: Mobile communication systems, Mobile computing
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Mobility pattern-based routing algorithm for mobile ad hoc wireless networks.
Creator: Vyas, Nirav., Florida Atlantic University, Mahgoub, Imad, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Abstract/Description: This thesis describes routing in mobile ad hoc wireless networks. Ad hoc networks lack wired backbone to maintain routes as mobile hosts move and power is on or off. Therefore, the hosts in ad hoc networks must cooperate with each other to determine routes in a distributed manner. Routing based on a Location is a frequently used approach, where the searching space for a route is reduced to smaller zone by defining request zone and expected zone. We propose a mobility pattern based algorithm...
Show moreThis thesis describes routing in mobile ad hoc wireless networks. Ad hoc networks lack wired backbone to maintain routes as mobile hosts move and power is on or off. Therefore, the hosts in ad hoc networks must cooperate with each other to determine routes in a distributed manner. Routing based on a Location is a frequently used approach, where the searching space for a route is reduced to smaller zone by defining request zone and expected zone. We propose a mobility pattern based algorithm to reduce the overhead, then evaluate the proposed algorithm through simulation. We have implemented two mobility patterns into Location Aided Routing, namely, leading movement and random walk type mobility patterns. We have developed simulation model for each mobility pattern, using SES/Workbench. The performance is measured in terms of overhead of the network. We also discuss various routing algorithms such as dynamic source routing, zone routing protocol, associativity based routing protocol and ad hoc on demand distance vector routing.
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Date Issued: 2000
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12662
Subject Headings: Mobile computing, Wireless communication systems, Computer algorithms
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: A simulation study of mobile computing protocols.
Creator: Ahson, Syed Alamdar., Florida Atlantic University, Ilyas, Mohammad
Abstract/Description: With the advent of cellular technology and portable computers we are on the verge of a new computing paradigm. This computing paradigm is now widely known as "mobile" or "nomadic" computing. Mobile systems frequently change their point of attachment to the network. Mobile computing systems also need to communicate with the existing pool of information and file servers. Mobility defies the very principles that the TCP/IP protocol suite is based on. We study the Internet Engineering Task Force ...
Show moreWith the advent of cellular technology and portable computers we are on the verge of a new computing paradigm. This computing paradigm is now widely known as "mobile" or "nomadic" computing. Mobile systems frequently change their point of attachment to the network. Mobile computing systems also need to communicate with the existing pool of information and file servers. Mobility defies the very principles that the TCP/IP protocol suite is based on. We study the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Mobile IPv4 protocol and find it to be a highly scale solution. We study some of the other proposed mobile IP solutions. We establish a criterion, call-to-mobility ratio, to compare various mobile IP schemes. Two hypothetical schemes, Static Update and Triangular Routing, are introduced solely for the purpose of comparing the performance of Mobile IPv4. In our simulation we concentrate on calculating the update costs and the routing costs for Triangular Routing, Static update and Mobile IPv4 schemes. The simulation program to simulate Triangular Routing, Static Update and Mobile IPv4 is written in C++. Minetsim, our simulation program is written using object-oriented analysis and design. Minetsim is used to obtain routing and update costs for Triangular Routing, Static Update and Mobile IPv4 schemes. Four different host configurations are simulated for travelling salesman and random motion mobility models.
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Date Issued: 1998
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15567
Subject Headings: Mobile computing, Portable computers, Internetworking (Telecommunication)
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Enabling access for mobile devices to the web services resource framework.
Creator: Mangs, Jan Christian., College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Abstract/Description: The increasing availability of Web services and grid computing has made easier the access and reuse of different types of services. Web services provide network accessible interfaces to application functionality in a platform-independent manner. Developments in grid computing have led to the efficient distribution of computing resources and power through the use of stateful web services. At the same time, mobile devices as a platform of computing have become a ubiquitous, inexpensive, and...
Show moreThe increasing availability of Web services and grid computing has made easier the access and reuse of different types of services. Web services provide network accessible interfaces to application functionality in a platform-independent manner. Developments in grid computing have led to the efficient distribution of computing resources and power through the use of stateful web services. At the same time, mobile devices as a platform of computing have become a ubiquitous, inexpensive, and powerful computing resource. Concepts such as cloud computing has pushed the trend towards using grid concepts in the internet domain and are ideally suited for internet-supported mobile devices. Currently, there are a few complete implementations that leverage mobile devices as a member of a grid or virtual organization. This thesis presents a framework that enables the use of mobile devices to access stateful Web services on a Globus-based grid. To illustrate the presented framework, a user-friendly mobile application has been created that utilizes the framework libraries do to demonstrate the various functionalities that are accessible from any mobile device that supports Java ME.
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Date Issued: 2008
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/186290
Subject Headings: User interfaces (Computer systems), Data structures (Computer science), Mobile computing, Security measures, Mobile communication systems, Computational grids (Computer systems)
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Web-based wireless sensor network monitoring using an android smartphone.
Creator: Marcus, Anthony M., Tavtilov, Timur, Cardei, Ionut E., Cardei, Mihaela, Graduate College
Date Issued: 2011-04-08
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3164625
Subject Headings: Sensor networks, Mobile computing, Droid (Smartphone)
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Virtualization techniques for mobile systems.
Creator: Jaramillo, David, Furht, Borko, Agarwal, Ankur, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Abstract/Description: In current mobile system environment there is a large gap in the use of smart phones for personal and enterprise use due to required enterprise security policies, privacy concerns as well as freedom of use. In the current environment, data-plans on mobile systems have become so wide spread that the rate of adaptation of data plans for every day customers has far outpaced the ability for enterprises to keep up with existing secure enterprise infrastructures. Most of the enterprises require...
Show moreIn current mobile system environment there is a large gap in the use of smart phones for personal and enterprise use due to required enterprise security policies, privacy concerns as well as freedom of use. In the current environment, data-plans on mobile systems have become so wide spread that the rate of adaptation of data plans for every day customers has far outpaced the ability for enterprises to keep up with existing secure enterprise infrastructures. Most of the enterprises require/provide the access of emails and other official information on smart platforms which presents a big challenge for the enterprise in securing their systems. Therefore due to the security issues and policies imposed by the enterprise in using the same device for dual purpose (personal and enterprise), the consumers often lose their individual freedom and convenience at the cost of security. Few solutions have been successful addressing this challenge. One effective way is to partition the mobile device such that the enterprise system access and its information are completely separated from the personal information. Several approaches are described and presented for mobile virtualization that creates a secure and secluded environment for enterprise information while allowing the user to access their personal information. A reference architecture is then presented that allows for integration with existing enterprise mobile device management systems and at the same time providing a light weight solution for containerizing mobile applications. This solution is then benchmarked with several of the existing mobile virtualization solutions.
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Date Issued: 2013
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA0004028
Subject Headings: Mobile communication systems, Virtual computer systems
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Title: Adaptive on-demand routing protocol for mobile ad hoc networks.
Creator: Omer, Ismail., Florida Atlantic University, Mahgoub, Imad, Ilyas, Mohammad, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Abstract/Description: Existing MANET routing protocols can be classified into three categories: On-demand, Proactive, and Proactive-On-demand hybrid protocols. This dissertation presents a novel hybrid MANET routing protocol, Adaptive On-demand MANET Routing (AOMAR) protocol. AOMAR borrowed the concepts of temporal location updates in operating systems and cache memories to reconstruct broken routes. Each route entry in a mobile host will have a reference field that is set to indicate whether the route is used...
Show moreExisting MANET routing protocols can be classified into three categories: On-demand, Proactive, and Proactive-On-demand hybrid protocols. This dissertation presents a novel hybrid MANET routing protocol, Adaptive On-demand MANET Routing (AOMAR) protocol. AOMAR borrowed the concepts of temporal location updates in operating systems and cache memories to reconstruct broken routes. Each route entry in a mobile host will have a reference field that is set to indicate whether the route is used within a certain period of time called refresh time. Using the refresh time parameter and the route reference field, AOMAR behavior can be controlled to behave as pure On-demand, Adaptive, or history related Proactive protocol. The three versions of AOMAR, On-demand, Adaptive and Proactive, have been simulated using different network sizes, loads and mobility patterns. Three performance metrics---throughput, delay and overhead---are collected. The results show that AOMAR on-demand has the same pattern of results when compared with other exiting on-demand protocols. On-demand AOMAR shows better performance when compared to Adaptive AOMAR for simulation sessions with uniform workloads. On the other hand Adaptive AOMAR outperforms On-demand AOMAR for simulation sessions with non-uniform workloads. Proactive AOMAR reconstructs recently used routes that have broken. Therefore, its routing overhead results change with the change of the network loads and mobility rates. This is not the case for traditional proactive protocols. Proactive AOMAR has lower control overhead and saves the bandwidth when compared with traditional existing proactive routing protocols. In addition to developing and simulating AOMAR, a new mobility model is proposed. Synchronized Random Direction Model of Motion with Constant Speed (SRDMCS) is a model that is suitable to emulate objects that move in random directions with a constant speed and within a certain area of movement. A new formula, Movement Related Update (MRU), is proposed and implemented. In MRU, the refresh period parameter value is linked to the network mobility level. Using MRU in the simulation gives AOMAR a third dimension such that the protocol not only adapts with how frequently the routes are used and how frequently they are broken, but also with how dynamic the network is.
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Date Issued: 2001
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11972
Subject Headings: Mobile computing, Computer network protocols, Wireless communication systems
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Evaluation of usage scenarios in Mobile People Architecture.
Creator: Shang, Hongtao., Florida Atlantic University, Mahgoub, Imad, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Abstract/Description: With the explosive growth of the Internet and other types of networks, such as cell phones and pager networks, more and more people expect to communicate with each other personally anywhere and at anytime. This thesis studies a new architecture Mobile People Architecture (MPA) proposed by MosquitoNet research group at Stanford University, which is designed to put people, rather than the devices that people use, at the endpoints of communication session. Three usage scenarios in MPA are...
Show moreWith the explosive growth of the Internet and other types of networks, such as cell phones and pager networks, more and more people expect to communicate with each other personally anywhere and at anytime. This thesis studies a new architecture Mobile People Architecture (MPA) proposed by MosquitoNet research group at Stanford University, which is designed to put people, rather than the devices that people use, at the endpoints of communication session. Three usage scenarios in MPA are simulated using SES/Workbench. The Response Time and the Update Cost are used to evaluate the performance of above scenarios. The advantages and disadvantages of different scenarios are also analyzed and discussed in this thesis.
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Date Issued: 1999
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15742
Subject Headings: TCP/IP (Computer network protocol), Mobile computing, Internetworking (Telecommunication)
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Location management for mobile Internet protocols.
Creator: Shah, Jigar Vireshkumar., Florida Atlantic University, Mahgoub, Imad, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Abstract/Description: In this present computer age, cellular technology and portable computers are becoming an integral part of day to day life. Each computer user wants to access the computing resources, irrespective of the location. Because of this need the computing paradigm "Mobile Computing" has assumed a primary role in modern computer communication technology. There are different Internet protocols proposed for Mobile Computing. In the present research, we study the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)...
Show moreIn this present computer age, cellular technology and portable computers are becoming an integral part of day to day life. Each computer user wants to access the computing resources, irrespective of the location. Because of this need the computing paradigm "Mobile Computing" has assumed a primary role in modern computer communication technology. There are different Internet protocols proposed for Mobile Computing. In the present research, we study the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Mobile IPv6 (new version of current IPv4 protocol). We have developed simulation program using Scientific and Engineering Software (SES/workbench) and studied three mobility patterns namely Travelling Salesman, Pop-Up and Boring Professor for the performance study of Mobile IPv6. Performance of Mobile IPv6 is measured in terms of utilization and overhead and compared with Mobile IPv4 and Basic Triangular Routing (BTR). It has been observed that Mobile IPv6 scheme has better route optimization than the other schemes when Mobile node's movement from one network to another network is less frequent. But, when the movement of the Mobile node is more frequent then Basic Triangular Routing scheme outperformed the Mobile IPv6 scheme.
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Date Issued: 1999
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15683
Subject Headings: Mobile computing, TCP/IP (Computer network protocol), Mobile communication systems
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Label routing protocol: A new cross-layer protocol for multi-hop ad hoc wireless network.
Creator: Wang, Yu., Florida Atlantic University, Wu, Jie, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Abstract/Description: Compared to the traditional wireless network, the multi-hop ad hoc wireless network (simply called ad hoc networks) is self-configurable, dynamic, and distributed. During the past few years, many routing protocols have been proposed for this particular network environment. While in wired and optical networks, multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) has clearly shown its advantages in routing and switching such as flexibility, high efficiency, scalability, and low cost, however MPLS is complex...
Show moreCompared to the traditional wireless network, the multi-hop ad hoc wireless network (simply called ad hoc networks) is self-configurable, dynamic, and distributed. During the past few years, many routing protocols have been proposed for this particular network environment. While in wired and optical networks, multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) has clearly shown its advantages in routing and switching such as flexibility, high efficiency, scalability, and low cost, however MPLS is complex and does not consider the mobility issue for wireless networks, especially for ad hoc networks. This thesis migrates the label concept into the ad hoc network and provides a framework for the efficient Label Routing Protocol (LRP) in such a network. The MAC layer is also optimized with LRP for shorter delay, power saving, and higher efficiency. The simulation results show that the delay is improved significantly with this cross-layer routing protocol.
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Date Issued: 2006
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13321
Subject Headings: Computer network protocols, Wireless communication systems, Mobile computing, Computer algorithms, MPLS standard, Operating systems (Computers)
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Delta service extensions to a mobile file system cache.
Creator: Blake, Wil., Florida Atlantic University, Mahgoub, Imad
Abstract/Description: In this thesis, a delta service extends a mobile file system cache in order to minimize the amount of data transferred over wireless communications links. Network bandwidth stands as one of the resource limitations impacting the design of mobile computer applications. At the mobile file system service level, caching and compression provide resource conservation in distributed applications. This thesis proposes a delta service to enhance caching services characteristic of mobile computer file...
Show moreIn this thesis, a delta service extends a mobile file system cache in order to minimize the amount of data transferred over wireless communications links. Network bandwidth stands as one of the resource limitations impacting the design of mobile computer applications. At the mobile file system service level, caching and compression provide resource conservation in distributed applications. This thesis proposes a delta service to enhance caching services characteristic of mobile computer file systems. Well established a mechanisms for sequence comparison and software configuration management, file deltas have applicability to mobile computer and distributed file system caching environments. Study of the delta service uses trace-driven simulation methodology incorporating traces obtained in a real world distributed environment. A mobile computer client cache model will corroborate existing studies regarding suitable cache size for disconnected client operation. A delta service model will extend the mobile computer client cache model of various cache sizes in order to gauge the bandwidth savings on the link obtained by the delta service.
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Date Issued: 1995
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15233
Subject Headings: File organization (Computer science), Computer terminals--Remote terminals, Cache memory, Mobile computing
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Title: Connected Dominating Set in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks: Variations with Applications.
Creator: Yang, Shuhui, Wu, Jie, Florida Atlantic University, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Abstract/Description: Wireless ad hoc networks (or simply ad hoc networks) are infrastructureless multihop networks consisting of mobile or stationary wireless devices, which include mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) and wireless sensor networks (WSNs). These networks are characterized by limited bandwidth and energy resources, frequent topology changes, and a lack of central control. These characteristics lead to the research challenges of ad hoc networks. The algorithms designed for ad hoc networks should be...
Show moreWireless ad hoc networks (or simply ad hoc networks) are infrastructureless multihop networks consisting of mobile or stationary wireless devices, which include mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) and wireless sensor networks (WSNs). These networks are characterized by limited bandwidth and energy resources, frequent topology changes, and a lack of central control. These characteristics lead to the research challenges of ad hoc networks. The algorithms designed for ad hoc networks should be localized, selforganizing, and energy efficient. A connected dominating set (CDS) is frequently used in ad hoc networks as a virtual backbone to support efficient routing, service discovery, and area monitoring. In addition, efficient broadcasting (i.e., finding a small set of forward nodes to ensure full delivery) can be viewed as forming a CDS on-the-fly. The periodically maintained virtual backbone is called a static CDS, and the temporarily formed forward node set is called a dynamk CDS. For efficiency and robustness, the ideal CDS construction algorithm is lightweight, has fast convergence, and minimizes the CDS size. Recently, due to some specific applications and new techniques, the concept of a connected dominating set can be modified or further extended for more efficient usage. This dissertation focuses on the variations with applications of the connected dominating set, designing new concepts, and developing new algorithms for them. A review of CDS construction algorithms for ad hoc networks has been provided at the beginning. An efficient scheme, called Rule K, has been proposed for static CDS construction. Rule K achieves a probabilistic constant upper bound on the expected CDS size, which is currently the best known performance guarantee for localized CDS algorithms. Several CDS algorithms are extended to generate the extended CDS, which exploits the cooperative communication technique to further reduce the size of CDS. A k-coverage set is developed for higher robustness. With the equipment of directional antennas , the transmission can be restricted to some certain directions to reduce interference and energy consumption. The corresponding directional CDS is discussed. Finally, a wireless sensor and actor network (WSAN) is introduced and localized algorithms are designed for it.
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Date Issued: 2007
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00012580
Subject Headings: Computer network protocols, Wireless communication systems--Design and construction, Mobile computing, Computer algorithms
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Enhanced ticket-based QoS routing protocols in ad hoc networks.
Creator: Huang, Chun-Jung, Florida Atlantic University, Wu, Jie
Abstract/Description: This thesis describes QoS routing techniques in ad hoc networks. QoS routing is to find paths between given source and destinations that fulfill a set of QoS requirements. QoS routing in ad hoc networks is a challenging problem due to the dynamical nature of ad hoc networks and the complexity of the QoS routing problem. Ticket-based probing scheme (TBP) is a creative approach to solve QoS routing problem, however, its proactive nature makes it deficient and unscalable. In this thesis, we...
Show moreThis thesis describes QoS routing techniques in ad hoc networks. QoS routing is to find paths between given source and destinations that fulfill a set of QoS requirements. QoS routing in ad hoc networks is a challenging problem due to the dynamical nature of ad hoc networks and the complexity of the QoS routing problem. Ticket-based probing scheme (TBP) is a creative approach to solve QoS routing problem, however, its proactive nature makes it deficient and unscalable. In this thesis, we first present the adaptive ticket-based routing protocol (ATBR), a proactive protocol enhanced from TBP, by introducing a new imprecise QoS state model. We then present the location-aided, ticket-based routing protocol (LTBR), an integration of locate-based routing and ticket-based routing, where tickets are dynamically generated and guided by location and QoS metric. Our simulations show that, in networks under any density, LTBR achieves close performances to flooding with considerably lower routing overhead.
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Date Issued: 2003
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13060, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FADT13060
Subject Headings: Computer network protocols, Mobile computing, Wireless communication systems, Routers (Computer networks)
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Title: Energy-efficient routing in ad hoc wireless networks.
Creator: Dai, Qing., Florida Atlantic University, Wu, Jie
Abstract/Description: The ad hoc wireless network is an infrastructureless network, where mobile stations are typically powered by batteries. Energy conservation has therefore becomes a very important issue. In this thesis, we discuss our work on several problems in energy-efficient routing. Chapter 3 focuses on how to compute the minimum uniform broadcast transmission power in an ad hoc wireless network. Several algorithms are proposed and their running time compared through simulation. It is shown that Prim's...
Show moreThe ad hoc wireless network is an infrastructureless network, where mobile stations are typically powered by batteries. Energy conservation has therefore becomes a very important issue. In this thesis, we discuss our work on several problems in energy-efficient routing. Chapter 3 focuses on how to compute the minimum uniform broadcast transmission power in an ad hoc wireless network. Several algorithms are proposed and their running time compared through simulation. It is shown that Prim's Minimum Spanning Tree (MST) has better performance than Kruskal's MST and the two binary search algorithms. In the following two chapters, routing algorithms are studied for specific situations, when directional antenna is used (Chapter 4) or when partial signal could be collected, stored and integrated (Chapter 5). Different algorithms are discussed and their energy performance illustrated by simulation study. Their application and limitation are also discussed in the thesis.
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Date Issued: 2003
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13077
Subject Headings: Wireless communication systems, Routers (Computer networks), Electronic digital computers--Power supply, Mobile computing
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Remote gaming on resource constrained devices.
Creator: Reza, Waazim., College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Abstract/Description: Games have become important applications on mobile devices. A mobile gaming approach known as remote gaming is being developed to support games on low cost mobile devices. In the remote gaming approach, the responsibility of rendering a game and advancing the game play is put on remote servers instead of the resource constrained mobile devices. The games rendered on the servers are encoded as video and streamed to mobile devices. Mobile devices gather user input and stream the commands back...
Show moreGames have become important applications on mobile devices. A mobile gaming approach known as remote gaming is being developed to support games on low cost mobile devices. In the remote gaming approach, the responsibility of rendering a game and advancing the game play is put on remote servers instead of the resource constrained mobile devices. The games rendered on the servers are encoded as video and streamed to mobile devices. Mobile devices gather user input and stream the commands back to the servers to advance game play. With this solution, mobile devices with video playback and network connectivity can become game consoles. In this thesis, we present the design and development of such a system and evaluate the performance and design considerations to maximize the end user gaming experience. A gaming user experience model capable of predicting the user experience for a given gaming session is developed and verified.
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Date Issued: 2010
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/2978944
Subject Headings: Wireless communication systems, Mobile communication systems, Mobie computing, Programming, Application software, Development, Game theory, Mobile commerce
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Title: An Augmentative System with Facial and Emotion Recognition for Improving the Skills of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders.
Creator: Alharbi, Mohammed N., Huang, Shihong, Florida Atlantic University, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Abstract/Description: Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are one of the complex, pervasive, and multifactorial neurodevelopmental conditions which affect one in 68 children. Scientific research has proven the efficiency of using technologies to improve communication and social skills of autistic children. The use of technological devices, such as mobile applications and multimedia, increase the interest of autistic children to learn while playing games. This thesis presents the re-engineering, extension, and...
Show moreAutism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are one of the complex, pervasive, and multifactorial neurodevelopmental conditions which affect one in 68 children. Scientific research has proven the efficiency of using technologies to improve communication and social skills of autistic children. The use of technological devices, such as mobile applications and multimedia, increase the interest of autistic children to learn while playing games. This thesis presents the re-engineering, extension, and evolution of an existing prototype Windows-based mobile application called Ying to become an Android mobile application which is augmented with facial and emotion recognition. This mobile app complements different approaches of traditional therapy, such as Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA). Ying integrates different computer-assisted technologies, including speech recognition, audio and visual interaction, and mobile applications to enhance autistic children’s social behavior and verbal communication skills. An evaluation of the efficacy of using Ying has been conducted and its results are presented in the thesis.
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Date Issued: 2018
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005981
Subject Headings: Autism spectrum disorders, Human-computer interaction, Mobile apps
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Title: Mobile agent and its application in distributed systems.
Creator: Khumanthem, Rajesh Singh., Florida Atlantic University, Wu, Jie, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Abstract/Description: Distributed computing has a lot of complex distributed control functions like mutual exclusion, data replication, load sharing, check pointing etc. The present study introduces two novel ways to address some of the issues in the first two areas---mutual exclusion and data replication with the use of mobile agent technology. This research work deals with analyzing the various advantages that Mobile Agent Technology provides and how its use can impact the design and development of distributed...
Show moreDistributed computing has a lot of complex distributed control functions like mutual exclusion, data replication, load sharing, check pointing etc. The present study introduces two novel ways to address some of the issues in the first two areas---mutual exclusion and data replication with the use of mobile agent technology. This research work deals with analyzing the various advantages that Mobile Agent Technology provides and how its use can impact the design and development of distributed system. The primary focus of this study is to present a clear view of the evolutionary path that will take us from the current technology to widespread use of mobile code and agents within the next few years.
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Date Issued: 2003
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13032
Subject Headings: Electronic data processing--Distributed processing, Mobile agents (Computer software)
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Title: A study on Bluetooth and mobile IP/CDPD technologies: Performance considerations and EMI/RFI implications.
Creator: Sivaraks, Jesada., Florida Atlantic University, Neelakanta, Perambur S., College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Abstract/Description: What have been envisaged and focused in the research as deliberated in this dissertation, refer to certain state-of-the-art perspectives of modern wireless telecommunications. Specifically, the objectives and scope of the research efforts carried out include systematic analyses of two major wireless technologies, namely, the Bluetooth(TM) and the CDPD system. The relevant tasks undertaken refer to analytical modeling, experimental studies and simulations pertinent to the performance...
Show moreWhat have been envisaged and focused in the research as deliberated in this dissertation, refer to certain state-of-the-art perspectives of modern wireless telecommunications. Specifically, the objectives and scope of the research efforts carried out include systematic analyses of two major wireless technologies, namely, the Bluetooth(TM) and the CDPD system. The relevant tasks undertaken refer to analytical modeling, experimental studies and simulations pertinent to the performance considerations of the test systems subjected to EMI/RFI influences. The following can be enumerated as the specific research endeavors pursued and completed: (1) Identification of performance implications in the Bluetooth(TM) and CDPD wireless transmissions subjected to EMI/RFI ambients. (2) A comprehensive presentation on the system description, performance requirements, protocol issues and operational environments of the two wireless technologies under study. (3) Development of analytically tractable models, which describe the extent of EMI/RFI on the Bluetooth(TM) operations and provide expressions to compute the transmission impairments involved in terms of the associated packet losses. (4) Modeling of CDPD performance and deducing the statistics of data packets seizing the free AMPS channels. The associated results offer compatible simulations to deduce the data packet blocking probability. The enhancement of such blocking caused by any impulse-like noise invading the system is also modeled. (5) Proposals for methods towards EMI solutions through adopting novel shielding in the wireless systems. The aforesaid efforts are comprehensively addressed supplemented with appropriate background details and literature survey. In conclusion, the scope of the present study is discussed and possible open-questions for future study are identified.
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Date Issued: 2001
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11946
Subject Headings: Bluetooth technology, Mobile computing, CDPD (Standard), Electromagnetic interference
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Indexed resource auction multiple access (I-RAMA): A new medium access scheme for third generation wireless networks.
Creator: Barrantes-Sliesarieva, Elena Gabriela., Florida Atlantic University, Ulyas, Mohammad
Abstract/Description: Indexed Resource Auction Multiple Access (I-RAMA), a new medium access protocol for wireless cellular networks based on Resource Auction Multiple Access (RAMA) is presented. I-RAMA relies in variable length resource auctions, whose length depends on the time it takes the Base Station to uniquely identify the Mobile Station. This identification is done by using dynamic Base Station information about the users present in the cell at any moment. I-RAMA effectively reduces the amount of time...
Show moreIndexed Resource Auction Multiple Access (I-RAMA), a new medium access protocol for wireless cellular networks based on Resource Auction Multiple Access (RAMA) is presented. I-RAMA relies in variable length resource auctions, whose length depends on the time it takes the Base Station to uniquely identify the Mobile Station. This identification is done by using dynamic Base Station information about the users present in the cell at any moment. I-RAMA effectively reduces the amount of time spent in the resource auctions without introducing contention or excessive complexity at the Base Station. The effects of introducing data users in the system are investigated using a simulation, and it is shown that I-RAMA guarantees Quality of Service for isochronous users while maintaining a bounded delay for data users at much higher loads than RAMA.
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Date Issued: 1995
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15204
Subject Headings: Wireless communication systems, Cellular radio, Mobile communication systems, Computer algorithms
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Title: Simulation study of reservation scheme to improve the quality of service in wireless cellular network.
Creator: Chokshi, Patheek G., Florida Atlantic University, Ilyas, Mohammad
Abstract/Description: In the present computer age, cellular technology and portable computers are becoming an integral part of the life. Each computer user wants to access the computing resources, irrespective of the location. Because of this need the computing paradigm "Mobile Computing" has assumed a primary role in modern computer communication technology. While dimensioning the network resources, it is very important to know how the users move around the geographical area covered by the cellular network. This...
Show moreIn the present computer age, cellular technology and portable computers are becoming an integral part of the life. Each computer user wants to access the computing resources, irrespective of the location. Because of this need the computing paradigm "Mobile Computing" has assumed a primary role in modern computer communication technology. While dimensioning the network resources, it is very important to know how the users move around the geographical area covered by the cellular network. This knowledge allows us to plan the system resources in order to achieve the QoS required. The major factors that affect the performance, along with the mobility pattern of the mobile user, are the speed at which the user is moving and the load on the network. In this research, we study different types of mobility patterns the user can follow and it's impact on the network services. We have proposed and evaluated a reservation scheme to improve the QoS in the cellular network. The reservation scheme reserves some part of the bandwidth for handoff connections. We have developed simulation programs and have studied three mobility patterns namely leading movement type, random motion, and square-street mobility pattern for measuring the QoS for cellular network. It has been observed from the results that at an average speed of 50 miles per hour with the average loading of the network, a significant improvement in QoS has been achieved for all the mobility patterns by using the reservation scheme.
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Date Issued: 1999
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15706
Subject Headings: Wireless communication systems, Mobile computing, Cellular telephone systems
Format: Document (PDF)

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