05 Fakultät Informatik, Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik

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    A context-aware hoarding mechanism for location-dependent information systems
    (2000) Kubach, Uwe; Rothermel, Kurt
    When used in an outdoor environment mobile information systems often suffer from the disadvantages of wireless WANs, especially low bandwidth, high delay, and frequent disconnections. Hoarding is an effective method to overcome these disadvantages by transferring information which is probably needed by the user in advance. In this paper we propose a generic, context-aware hoarding mechanism. When selecting the information to hoard, it considers the user's future location as well as the expected speed of movement. In contrast to existing hoarding mechanisms it is universally applicable for different types of location-dependent, mobile information systems. Its flexibility allows it to rely on different knowledge sources in order to get information about a user's context.
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    AIDA II - Abschlußbericht
    (2000) Hohl, Fritz; Baumann, Joachim; Rothermel, Kurt; Schwehm, Markus; Theilmann, Wolfgang
    In diesem Bericht geht es um die Zusammenfassung der Erkenntnisse, die im Verlauf der zweiten Phase des AIDA-Projektes von März 1998 bis Februar 2000 gewonnen wurden. AIDA ist ein Projekt, das von der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) finanziert wird. Das Thema dieses Projektes sind Systemmechanismen zur Unterstützung mobiler Agenten, also Einheiten, die aus Code, Daten und Zustand bestehen und sich selbstständig in einem Netzwerk bewegen können. Die Ziele von AIDA II waren die Erarbeitung des Themenbereichs Sicherheit in Mobile-Agenten-Systemen mit Schwerpunkt auf der Sicherheit mobiler Agenten gegenüber böswilligen Hosts, die Implementierung von Terminierungsprotokollen und Waisenerkennungsmechanismen, Abrechnungsmechanismen und schließlich Mechanismen zur Strukturunterstützung für Agentenanwendungen.
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    A comparison of protocols for updating location information
    (2000) Leonhardi, Alexander; Rothermel, Kurt
    The detailed location information of mobile objects, for example that of a user with a mobile computer or phone, is an important input for many location-aware applications. However, constantly updating the location information for thousands of mobile objects is not feasible. Update protocols for location information therefore use the special properties of this information to transmit it as efficiently as possible, that is requiring only few update messages, while still being effective in returning the location information with the desired accuracy. Different classes of such update protocols are described in this paper and a new combined protocol is proposed. To be able to compare their effectiveness and efficiency, we present an analysis for the minimum and average resulting accuracy of the location information on the receiver and the number of messages transmitted between them. We also present some simulation results, which we have performed to back up our analysis.