by Chiu-Fai Fong. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 76-81). / Abstract --- p.i / Acknowledgments --- p.iii / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Distributed Data Caching --- p.2 / Chapter 1.2 --- Mobile Terminal Tracking --- p.5 / Chapter 1.3 --- Thesis Overview --- p.10 / Chapter 2 --- Personal Communication Network --- p.11 / Chapter 2.1 --- Network Architecture --- p.11 / Chapter 2.2 --- Resource Limitations --- p.13 / Chapter 2.3 --- Mobility --- p.14 / Chapter 3 --- Distributed Data Caching --- p.17 / Chapter 3.1 --- System Model --- p.18 / Chapter 3.1.1 --- The Wireless Network Environment --- p.18 / Chapter 3.1.2 --- Caching Protocol --- p.19 / Chapter 3.2 --- Caching at Mobile Computers --- p.22 / Chapter 3.3 --- Broadcasting at the Server --- p.24 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Passive Strategy --- p.27 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Active Strategy --- p.27 / Chapter 3.4 --- Performance Analysis --- p.29 / Chapter 3.4.1 --- Bandwidth Requirements --- p.29 / Chapter 3.4.2 --- Lower Bound on the Optimal Bandwidth Consumption --- p.30 / Chapter 3.4.3 --- The Read Response Time --- p.32 / Chapter 3.5 --- Experiments --- p.35 / Chapter 3.6 --- Mobility Concerns --- p.42 / Chapter 4 --- Mobile Terminal Tracking --- p.44 / Chapter 4.1 --- Movement Model --- p.45 / Chapter 4.2 --- Optimal Paging --- p.48 / Chapter 4.3 --- Transient Analysis --- p.52 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- The Time-Based Protocol --- p.55 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- Distance-Based Protocol --- p.59 / Chapter 4.4 --- The Reverse-Guessing Protocol --- p.64 / Chapter 4.5 --- Experiments --- p.66 / Chapter 5 --- Conclusions & Future Work --- p.71 / Chapter 5.1 --- Distributed Data Caching --- p.72 / Chapter 5.2 --- Mobile Terminal Tracking --- p.73 / Bibliography --- p.76 / A Proof of NP-hardness of the Broadcast Set Assignment Problem --- p.82
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_322684 |
| Date | January 1997 |
| Contributors | Fong, Chiu-Fai., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Computer Science and Engineering. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, vii, 83 leaves : ill ; 30 cm. |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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