The article describes an active map service (AMS) that supports context-aware
computing by providing clients with information about located-objects
and how those objects change over time. The authors focus on the
communication issues of disseminating information from an active
map server to its clients, and in particular, address how to deal
with various overload situations that can occur. Simple unicast callbacks
to interested clients work well enough if only a few located-objects
are moving at any given time and only a few clients wish to know
about any given move. However, if many people are moving about in
the same region and many clients are interested in their motion,
then the AMS may experience overload due to the quadratic nature
of the communications involved. This overload affects both the server
as well as any slow communications links being used. Mobile distributed
computing enables users to interact with many different mobile and
stationary computers over the course of the day. Navigating a mobile
environment can be aided by active maps that describe the location
and characteristics of objects within some region as they change
over time
%0 Journal Article
%1 schilit1994
%A Schilit, B.N.
%A Theimer, M.M.
%D 1994
%J IEEE Network
%K context
%N 5
%P 22--32
%R 10.1109/65.313011
%T Disseminating Active Map Information to Mobile Hosts
%V 8
%X The article describes an active map service (AMS) that supports context-aware
computing by providing clients with information about located-objects
and how those objects change over time. The authors focus on the
communication issues of disseminating information from an active
map server to its clients, and in particular, address how to deal
with various overload situations that can occur. Simple unicast callbacks
to interested clients work well enough if only a few located-objects
are moving at any given time and only a few clients wish to know
about any given move. However, if many people are moving about in
the same region and many clients are interested in their motion,
then the AMS may experience overload due to the quadratic nature
of the communications involved. This overload affects both the server
as well as any slow communications links being used. Mobile distributed
computing enables users to interact with many different mobile and
stationary computers over the course of the day. Navigating a mobile
environment can be aided by active maps that describe the location
and characteristics of objects within some region as they change
over time
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abstract = {The article describes an active map service (AMS) that supports context-aware
computing by providing clients with information about located-objects
and how those objects change over time. The authors focus on the
communication issues of disseminating information from an active
map server to its clients, and in particular, address how to deal
with various overload situations that can occur. Simple unicast callbacks
to interested clients work well enough if only a few located-objects
are moving at any given time and only a few clients wish to know
about any given move. However, if many people are moving about in
the same region and many clients are interested in their motion,
then the AMS may experience overload due to the quadratic nature
of the communications involved. This overload affects both the server
as well as any slow communications links being used. Mobile distributed
computing enables users to interact with many different mobile and
stationary computers over the course of the day. Navigating a mobile
environment can be aided by active maps that describe the location
and characteristics of objects within some region as they change
over time},
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author = {Schilit, B.N. and Theimer, M.M.},
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journal = {IEEE Network},
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owner = {peter},
pages = {22--32},
pdf = {HonoursResearch/Schilit1994-DisseminatingActiveMapInformationToMobileHosts.pdf},
timestamp = {2007-09-26T12:20:39.000+0200},
title = {Disseminating Active Map Information to Mobile Hosts},
volume = 8,
year = 1994
}