Research Article
MACNET: Mobile Adhoc Collaborative NETworks
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/icst.collaboratecom.2014.257322, author={Jawwad Shamsi and S. Ali Raza and Hassan Farid and Taha Munir and Abbas Mehdi}, title={MACNET: Mobile Adhoc Collaborative NETworks}, proceedings={10th IEEE International Conference on Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications and Worksharing}, publisher={IEEE}, proceedings_a={COLLABORATECOM}, year={2014}, month={11}, keywords={collaborative computing smart phones resource limitation trusted neighbor devices}, doi={10.4108/icst.collaboratecom.2014.257322} }- Jawwad Shamsi
S. Ali Raza
Hassan Farid
Taha Munir
Abbas Mehdi
Year: 2014
MACNET: Mobile Adhoc Collaborative NETworks
COLLABORATECOM
IEEE
DOI: 10.4108/icst.collaboratecom.2014.257322
Abstract
Resource limitation is considered as a major bottleneck in smart phones. This paper aims to address this problem by proposing a collaborative ad-hoc network of smart phones which utilizes trust relationship among peer devices to provide a computationally powerful, resilient, available, and low cost solution. MACNET (Mobile Ad-hoc Collaborative NETwork) implements a middleware to address the issues of collaboration, trust, and network connectivity. A large number of applications can utilize the MACNET framework for improved connectivity, rapid response, and better communication. The paper elaborates sample applications and addresses the architectural details of the solution. It also explains the implementation details and provides results to demonstrate the effectiveness and benefits.
