4th International ICST Conference on Communication System Software and Middleware

Research Article

Middleware for Energy-awareness in Mobile Devices

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1145/1621890.1621907,
        author={Yu Xiao and Ramya Sri Kalyanaraman and Antti Yl\aa{}-J\aa{}\aa{}ski},
        title={Middleware for Energy-awareness in Mobile Devices},
        proceedings={4th International ICST Conference on Communication System Software and Middleware},
        publisher={ACM},
        proceedings_a={COMSWARE},
        year={2010},
        month={5},
        keywords={Energy-awareness Middleware Mobile Devices.},
        doi={10.1145/1621890.1621907}
    }
    
  • Yu Xiao
    Ramya Sri Kalyanaraman
    Antti Ylä-Jääski
    Year: 2010
    Middleware for Energy-awareness in Mobile Devices
    COMSWARE
    ACM
    DOI: 10.1145/1621890.1621907
Yu Xiao1,*, Ramya Sri Kalyanaraman2,*, Antti Ylä-Jääski1,*
  • 1: Helsinki University of Technology P.O.Box 5400, FI-02015 TKK Espoo, Finland
  • 2: Helsinki Institute for Information Technology HIIT P.O.Box 5400, FI-02015 TKK Espoo, Finland
*Contact email: yuxiao@cc.hut.fi, ramya@hiit.fi, Antti.yla-jaaski@tkk.fi

Abstract

The growing complexity of mobile applications coupled with slow progress in the development of batteries has led to the requirement of energy-awareness in mobile devices. Nevertheless, no general solution exists for supporting energy-awareness across various mobile platforms and application domains. To address the above mentioned problems, we propose a middleware framework which utilizes the concept of application classification, and power estimation to accomplish application-specific power management, as well as providing basic support for active power management and fundamental services for energy-aware applications. To this end, we have implemented a basic prototype reflecting the functionalities of our framework, and evaluated it using mobile YouTube.