AeDEn: An adaptive framework for dynamic distribution over mobile environments

Mobile computing is a domain in great expansion. Wireless networks (gsm, satellite, etc) and Portable Information Appliances pias (laptops, PDAs, cellular phones, etc) are developing very rapidly. More and more mobile users would like to execute their applications with the same quality of service as on their desktop station, whatever their needs in memory and computing power. Using such applications in a mobile environment raises new challenges. Some of these applications are extremely costly in system and network resources, whereas pias resources are poor and wireless networks offer a very variable quality of connection. In this paper we propose an adaptive and dynamic distribution of applications on the local environment to overcome the poorness of available resources on pias, and to reduce and regulate variability effects. Moreover, due to the variety of distribution policies, we propose a framework providing adaptive distribution policies.