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11th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking and Services

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An Energy Efficient Implementation of Differential Synchronization on Mobile Devices

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/icst.mobiquitous.2014.257978,
        author={Peter Schmidt and J\o{}rg Simon and Viktoria Pammer},
        title={An Energy Efficient Implementation of Differential Synchronization on Mobile Devices},
        proceedings={11th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking and Services},
        publisher={ICST},
        proceedings_a={MOBIQUITOUS},
        year={2014},
        month={11},
        keywords={synchronization collaboration differential synchronization energy efficiency mobile phones},
        doi={10.4108/icst.mobiquitous.2014.257978}
    }
    
  • Peter Schmidt
    Jörg Simon
    Viktoria Pammer
    Year: 2014
    An Energy Efficient Implementation of Differential Synchronization on Mobile Devices
    MOBIQUITOUS
    ICST
    DOI: 10.4108/icst.mobiquitous.2014.257978
Peter Schmidt,*, Jörg Simon1, Viktoria Pammer1
  • 1: Know-Center, Graz, Austria
*Contact email: peter.we.schmidt@gmail.com

Abstract

Synchronisation algorithms are central components of collaborative editing software. The energy efficiency for such algorithms becomes of interest to a wide community of mobile application developers. In this paper we explore the differential synchronisation (diffsync) algorithm with respect to energy consumption on mobile devices. We identify three areas for optimisation: a.) Empty cycles where diffsync is executed although no changes need to be processed b.) tail energy by adapting cycle intervals and c.) computational complexity. We propose a push-based diffsync strategy in which synchronisation cycles are triggered when a device connects to the network or when a device is notified of changes. Discussions within this paper are based on real usage data of PDF annotations via the Mendeley iOS app.

Keywords
synchronization collaboration differential synchronization energy efficiency mobile phones
Published
2014-11-17
Publisher
ICST
http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/icst.mobiquitous.2014.257978
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