Processing Range-Monitoring Queries on Heterogeneous Mobile Objects

We consider in this paper how to leverage heterogeneous mobile computing capability for efficient processing of real-time range-monitoring queries. In our environment, each mobile object is associated with a resident domain and when an object moves, it monitors its spatial relationship with its resident domain and the monitoring areas inside it. An object reports its location to server whenever its movement affects any query results (i.e., crossing any query boundaries) or it moves out of its resident domain. In the first case, the server updates the affected query results accordingly while in the second case, the server determines a new resident domain for the object. This distributive approach is able to provide accurate query results and real-time monitoring updates with minimal location update and server processing costs. In addition, the new scheme allows a mobile object to negotiate a resident domain based on its computing capability. Thus, a more capable object can have a lar...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2004
• Where: MDM
• Authors: Ying Cai, Kien A. Hua, Guohong Cao
• Keywords: MDM 2004, Mobile Objects, Resident Domain, Server Processing Costs