A Programming Interface for Application-Aware Adaptation in Mobile Computing.

Abstract

Mobile clients face wide variations in network conditions and local resource availability when accessing remote data. Coping with this uncertainty requires the ability to retrieve and present data at varying degrees of fidelity In this paper we present application-aware adaptation as a solution to this problem. The essence of our solution is a collaborative partnership between applications and the operating system. We describe the Odyssey API for application-aware adaptation and demonstrate its use in accessing two types of data: video and maps.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1995
Accession Number
ADA293107

Entities

People

  • Brian D. Noble
  • Mahadev Satyanarayanan
  • Morgan Price

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Availability
  • Bandwidth
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Environment
  • Mobile Computing
  • Mobile Devices
  • Money
  • Operating Systems
  • Prototypes
  • Reliability
  • Resource Management
  • Software Development
  • Software Prototyping
  • Standards

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

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