Mobile Clouds Exploiting Distributed Resources in Wireless, Mobile and Social Networks

by Fitzek, Frank H. P.; Katz, Marcos D.

• ISBN13: 9780470973899
• ISBN10: 0470973897
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2014-03-03
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Includes a preface written by Professor Leonard Kleinrock, Distinguished Professor of Computer Science, UCLA, USA

This book discusses and explores the concept of mobile cloud, creating an inspiring research space for exploiting opportunistic resource sharing, and covering from theoretical research approaches to the development of commercially profitable ideas.

A mobile cloud is a cooperative arrangement of dynamically connected communication nodes sharing opportunistic resources. In this book, authors provide a comprehensive and motivating overview of this rapidly emerging technology. The book explores how distributed resources can be shared by mobile users in very different ways and for various purposes. The book provides many stimulating examples of resource-sharing applications. Enabling technologies for mobile clouds are also discussed, highlighting the key role of network coding. Mobile clouds have the potential to enhance communications performance, improve utilization of resources and create flexible platforms to share resources in very novel ways.

Energy efficient aspects of mobile clouds are discussed in detail, showing how being cooperative can bring mobile users significant energy saving. The book presents and discusses multiple examples of mobile clouds applications, based on both existing commercial initiatives as well as proof-of-concept test-beds. Visions and prospects are also discussed, paving the way for further development. As mobile networks and social networks become more and more reliant on each other, the concept of resource sharing takes a wider and deeper meaning, creating the foundations for a global real-time multidimensional resource pool, the underlying infrastructure for shareconomy. Above all, this is an inspiring book for anyone who is concerned about the future of wireless and mobile communications networks and their relationship with Social networks.

Key Features:

• Provides fundamental ideas and promising concepts for exploiting opportunistic cooperation and cognition in wireless and mobile networks
• Gives clear definitions of mobile clouds from different perspectives
• Associates mobile and wireless networks with social networks, creating a vast fertile ground for novel developments in both research and practical applications
• Considers research directions, emerging trends and visions

This book is an excellent resource for wireless/networking researchers in industry and academia, students and mobile phone programmers. Managers interested in new technology developments, service providers, network operators, and those working in the gaming industry will also find the book insightful.

Author Biography

Professor Frank Fitzek, University of Aalborg, Denmark

Frank H. P. Fitzek is an Associate Professor in the department of Electronic Systems, University of Aalborg, Denmark heading the Mobile Device group. He received his diploma (Dipl.-Ing.) degree in electrical engineering from the University of Technology - Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) - Aachen, Germany, in 1997 and his Ph.D. (Dr.-Ing.) in Electrical Engineering from the Technical University Berlin, Germany in 2002 and became Adjunct Professor at the University of Ferrara, Italy.

Dr. Marcos Katz, University of Oulu, Finland

Marcos Katz received the B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Argentina in 1987, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from University of Oulu, Finland, in 1995 and 2002, respectively. He worked as a Research Engineer at Nokia Telecommunications from 1987 to 1995, designing analog circuits for high-speed PDH/SDH line interfaces. From 1995 to 2001 he was a Senior Research Engineer at Nokia Networks, Finland

 

Table of Contents

Foreword xiii

Preface xv

Acknowledgements xxi

Abbreviations xxiii

Part One MOBILE CLOUDS: INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND

1 Motivation 3

1.1 Introduction 3

1.2 From Brick Phones to Smart Phones 5

1.3 Mobile Connectivity Evolution: From Single to Multiple Air Interface Devices 7

1.4 Network Evolution: The Need for Advanced Architectures 10

1.5 Conclusion 11

References 11

2 Mobile Clouds: An Introduction 13

2.1 Introduction 13

2.2 Mobile Cloud Definitions 15

2.3 Cooperation and Cognition in Mobile Clouds 24

2.4 Mobile Cloud Classification and Associated Cooperation Approaches 27

2.5 Types of Cooperation and Incentives 29

2.6 Conclusion 33

References 35

3 Sharing Device Resources in Mobile Clouds 37

3.1 Introduction 37

3.2 Examples of Resource Sharing 39

3.3 Sharing Loudspeakers 40

3.4 Sharing Microphones 41

3.5 Sharing Image Sensors 42

3.6 Sharing Displays 44

3.7 Sharing General–Purpose Sensors 46

3.8 Sharing Keyboards 46

3.9 Sharing Data Pipes 46

3.10 Sharing Mobile Apps 48

3.11 Sharing Mass Memory 48

3.12 Sharing Processing Units 49

3.13 Sharing Batteries 50

3.14 Conclusion 51

References 51

Part Two ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES FOR MOBILE CLOUDS

4 Wireless Communication Technologies 55

4.1 Introduction 55

4.2 Cellular Communications Systems 56

4.3 Short–Range Technologies 58

4.4 Combined Air Interface 62

4.5 Building Mobile Clouds 64

4.6 Conclusion 65

References 66

5 Network Coding for Mobile Clouds 67

5.1 Introduction to Network Coding 67

5.2 Inter–Flow Network Coding 68

5.3 Inter–Flow Network Coding for User Cooperation in Mobile Clouds 73

5.4 Intra–Flow Network Coding 78

5.5 Intra–Flow Network Coding for User Cooperation in Mobile Clouds 80

5.6 Conclusion 91

References 91

6 Mobile Cloud Formation and Maintenance 93

6.1 Introduction 93

6.2 Mobile Cloud Stages 94

6.3 Service Discovery for Mobile Clouds 100

6.4 Conclusion 104

References 104

Part Three SOCIAL ASPECTS OF MOBILE CLOUDS

7 Cooperative Principles by Nature 107

7.1 Introduction 107

7.2 Cheetahs and Hyenas 108

7.3 Orca – Killer Whales 109

7.4 Vampire Bats 109

7.5 Monkeys 110

7.6 Prisoner’s Dilemma 110

7.7 Conclusion 115

References 115

8 Social Mobile Clouds 117

8.1 Introduction 117

8.2 Different Forms of Cooperation 118

8.3 Social Networks and Mobile Clouds 121

8.4 Cooperation in Relaying Networks: A Simple Example 128

8.5 Conclusion 129

References 130

Part Four GREEN ASPECTS OF MOBILE CLOUDS

9 Green Mobile Clouds: Making Mobile Devices More Energy Efficient 133

9.1 Introduction 133

9.2 Cooperative Download 138

9.3 Cooperative Streaming 150

9.4 Comparison of the Different Approaches 153

9.5 Conclusion and Outlook 154

9.6 Energy Gain for the Network Operator 156

9.7 Conclusion 157

References 157

Part Five APPLICATION OF MOBILE CLOUDS

10 Mobile Clouds Applications 161

10.1 Introduction 161

10.2 Forced Cooperation – Overlay Network 162

10.3 Technology–enabled Cooperation – Overlay Network 165

10.4 Socially–enabled Cooperation – Overlay Network 166

10.5 Altruism – Overlay Network 167

10.6 Forced Cooperation – Direct Mobile Cloud 167

10.7 Technically–enabled Cooperation – Direct Mobile Cloud 169

10.8 Socially–enabled Cooperation – Direct Mobile Cloud 173

10.9 Altruism: Direct Mobile Cloud 174

10.10 Industrial Activities 175

10.11 Conclusion 176

References 176

Part Six MOBILE CLOUDS: PROSPECTS AND CONCLUSIONS

11 Visions and Prospects 181

11.1 Some Insights on the Future Developments of Mobile Clouds 181

11.2 Mobile Clouds and Related Technology Developments 184

11.3 Promising Novel Applications of Mobile Clouds 187

11.4 Resource Sharing as one of the Pillars of Social Interaction: the Birth of Shareconomy 189

References 192

Index 193