Investigation into a best practice model for providing an integrated user experience with mobile cloud applications

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dc.contributor.advisorGrigoras, Danen
dc.contributor.authorO'Sullivan, Michael J.
dc.contributor.funderIrish Research Councilen
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-29T12:43:31Z
dc.date.available2016-01-29T12:43:31Z
dc.date.issued2016
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dc.description.abstractMobile Cloud Computing promises to overcome the physical limitations of mobile devices by executing demanding mobile applications on cloud infrastructure. In practice, implementing this paradigm is difficult; network disconnection often occurs, bandwidth may be limited, and a large power draw is required from the battery, resulting in a poor user experience. This thesis presents a mobile cloud middleware solution, Context Aware Mobile Cloud Services (CAMCS), which provides cloudbased services to mobile devices, in a disconnected fashion. An integrated user experience is delivered by designing for anticipated network disconnection, and low data transfer requirements. CAMCS achieves this by means of the Cloud Personal Assistant (CPA); each user of CAMCS is assigned their own CPA, which can complete user-assigned tasks, received as descriptions from the mobile device, by using existing cloud services. Service execution is personalised to the user's situation with contextual data, and task execution results are stored with the CPA until the user can connect with his/her mobile device to obtain the results. Requirements for an integrated user experience are outlined, along with the design and implementation of CAMCS. The operation of CAMCS and CPAs with cloud-based services is presented, specifically in terms of service description, discovery, and task execution. The use of contextual awareness to personalise service discovery and service consumption to the user's situation is also presented. Resource management by CAMCS is also studied, and compared with existing solutions. Additional application models that can be provided by CAMCS are also presented. Evaluation is performed with CAMCS deployed on the Amazon EC2 cloud. The resource usage of the CAMCS Client, running on Android-based mobile devices, is also evaluated. A user study with volunteers using CAMCS on their own mobile devices is also presented. Results show that CAMCS meets the requirements outlined for an integrated user experience.en
dc.description.sponsorshipIrish Research Council (EMBARK initiative)en
dc.description.statusNot peer revieweden
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dc.identifier.citationO'Sullivan, M.J. 2016. Investigation into a best practice model for providing an integrated user experience with mobile cloud applications. PhD Thesis, University College Cork.en
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/2231
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dc.publisherUniversity College Corken
dc.rights© 2016, Michael J. O'Sullivan.en
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/en
dc.subjectMobile cloud computingen
dc.subjectMobileen
dc.subjectClouden
dc.subjectMiddlewareen
dc.subjectUser experienceen
dc.subjectSOAen
dc.subjectService oriented architectureen
dc.subjectContext awarenessen
dc.subjectResource managementen
dc.subjectWeb servicesen
dc.subjectServices computingen
dc.subjectDistributed systemen
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dc.titleInvestigation into a best practice model for providing an integrated user experience with mobile cloud applicationsen
dc.typeDoctoral thesisen
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoralen
dc.type.qualificationnamePhD (Science)en
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