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Evaluating a Dynamic Keep-Alive Messaging Strategy for Mobile Pervasive Systems

Johnsson, Björn A LU orcid ; Nordahl, Mattias LU and Magnusson, Boris LU (2017) The 8th International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies In Procedia Computer Science 109. p.319-326
Abstract
Timely loss-of-contact detection between devices in pervasive systems using mobile networks is an important aspect for both functionality and user experience. Traditional schemes where time-to-live is defined by the service provider are not adequate in mobile networks where communication failures are frequent. On the other hand, schemes using keep-alive messaging tend to increase the communication overhead, in particular if the time to detect a loss of contact needs to be short. We introduce a strategy where the time between keep-alive messages is adjusted dynamically according to the need in a particular application. Our solution was evaluated with usage data from a professional application built on the PalCom framework. The measurements... (More)
Timely loss-of-contact detection between devices in pervasive systems using mobile networks is an important aspect for both functionality and user experience. Traditional schemes where time-to-live is defined by the service provider are not adequate in mobile networks where communication failures are frequent. On the other hand, schemes using keep-alive messaging tend to increase the communication overhead, in particular if the time to detect a loss of contact needs to be short. We introduce a strategy where the time between keep-alive messages is adjusted dynamically according to the need in a particular application. Our solution was evaluated with usage data from a professional application built on the PalCom framework. The measurements show a 96 % decrease of the communication overhead while still maintaining the same system responsiveness. (Less)
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Keep-alive messaging, Loss-of-contact detection, Heartbeat, Mobile, Pervasive systems, E-health, PalCom, Middleware
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Procedia Computer Science
volume
109
pages
8 pages
publisher
Elsevier
conference name
The 8th International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies
conference location
Madeira, Portugal
conference dates
2017-05-16 - 2017-05-19
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  • scopus:85021838346
  • wos:000414533000040
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1877-0509
DOI
10.1016/j.procs.2017.05.358
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English
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  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{319--326}},
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  series       = {{Procedia Computer Science}},
  title        = {{Evaluating a Dynamic Keep-Alive Messaging Strategy for Mobile Pervasive Systems}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2017.05.358}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/j.procs.2017.05.358}},
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