Mobility Management Scheme for Context-Aware Transactions in Pervasive and Mobile Cyberspace
Younas, M. Awan, Irfan U.
Younas, M.
Awan, Irfan U.
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Rapid advances in software systems, wireless networks, and embedded devices have led to the development of a pervasive and mobile cyberspace that provides an infrastructure for anywhere/anytime service provisioning in different domains such as engineering, commerce, education, and entertainment. This style of service provisioning enables users to freely move between geographical areas and to continuously access information and conduct online transactions. However, such a high mobility may cause performance and reliability problems during the execution of transactions. For example, the unavailability of sufficient bandwidth can result in failure of transactions when users move from one area (cell) to another. We present a context-aware transaction model that dynamically adapts to the users' needs and execution environments. Accordingly, we develop a new mobility management scheme that ensures seamless connectivity and reliable execution of context-aware transactions during mobility of users. The proposed scheme is designed and developed using a combination of different queuing models. We conduct various experiments in order to show that the proposed scheme optimizes the mobility management process and increases the throughput of context-aware transactions.
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Younas M and Awan IU (2013) Mobility management scheme for context-aware transactions in pervasive and mobile cyberspace. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. 60(3): 1108-1115.
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