2nd International IEEE Conference on Communication System Software and Middleware

Research Article

QoS-driven middleware for optimum provisioning of location based services

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/COMSWA.2007.382587,
        author={Israel Martin-Escalona and Francisco  Barcelo-Arroyo},
        title={QoS-driven middleware for optimum provisioning of location based services},
        proceedings={2nd International IEEE Conference on Communication System Software and Middleware},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={COMSWARE},
        year={2007},
        month={7},
        keywords={LBS  QoS  cost  middleware  optimization},
        doi={10.1109/COMSWA.2007.382587}
    }
    
  • Israel Martin-Escalona
    Francisco Barcelo-Arroyo
    Year: 2007
    QoS-driven middleware for optimum provisioning of location based services
    COMSWARE
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.1109/COMSWA.2007.382587
Israel Martin-Escalona1,*, Francisco Barcelo-Arroyo1,*
  • 1: Dept. d'Enginyeria Telematica Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC) Barcelona, Spain
*Contact email: imartin@entel.upc.edu, barcelo@entel.upc.edu

Abstract

This paper proposes a middleware to reduce the consumption of network resources and optimize the provision of location of traffic. This middleware, called MILCO (middleware for location cost optimization), selects the optimum location technique for each location request, i.e. the location technique that satisfies the required quality of service (QoS) and which, at the same time, minimizes the operating expenses of resources. In addition to this per request performance, MILCO takes advantage of ongoing and carried location processes to reduce the overall expenditure of resources. Results show that MILCO reduces the use of network resources (defined as a combination of several factors) in simulated scenarios, in which multiple location services are run. These benefits are greater as more location techniques become available in the network and the higher the system load is.