Evaluating a Dynamic Keep-Alive Messaging Strategy for Mobile Pervasive Systems
Johnsson, Björn A LU
; 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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- Johnsson, Björn A
LU
; Nordahl, Mattias
LU
and Magnusson, Boris
LU
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- 2017
- type
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- subject
- keywords
- 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
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85021838346
- wos:000414533000040
- ISSN
- 1877-0509
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.procs.2017.05.358
- language
- English
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