Mobile Database Systems

Provides a thorough discussion about managing information on Mobile Database Systems (MDS). Covering essential aspects of wireless communication relevant to information management. Readers interested in wireless information management will find detailed descriptions of every aspect of this emerging discipline (often referred to as "mobile computing".) Mobile computing has presented itself as the backbone of e-commerce, which also uses web and workflow technologies. The book covers the integration of web and workflow with mobile computing, and identifies a number of useful features to the mobile information processing system. Covering essential aspects of wireless communication relevant to information management, this book provides a discussion about managing information on Mobile Database Systems (MDS). It also covers the integration of web and workflow with mobile computing and identifies a number of useful features to the mobile information processing system.

Acknowledgments.

Preface.

1. Mobile Database System.

1.1 Introduction.

1.2 Types of Mobility.

1.3 Summary.

References.

2. Wireless Network Communication.

2.1 Introduction.

2.2 Continuous Connectivity.

2.3 Summary.

References.

3. Location and Handoff Management.

3.1 Introduction.

3.2 Summary.

References.

4. Fundamentals of Database Technology.

4.1 Conventional Database Architecture.

4.2 Database Processing.

4.3 Serialization of Transactions.

4.4 Advanced Transaction Models.

4.5 Summary.

References.

5. Introduction to Concurrency Control Mechanisms.

5.1 Introduction.

5.2 Summary.

References.

6. Data Processing and Mobility.

6.1 Introduction.

6.2 Effect of Mobility on the management of Data.

6.3 Summary.

References.

7. Transaction Management in Mobile Database Systems.

7.1 Mobile Database System.

7.2 Transaction Execution in MDS.

7.3 Mobile Transaction Model.

7.4 Execution Model Based on ACID Transaction Framework.

7.5 Pre write Transaction Execution Model.

7.6 Mobile Transaction Model.

7.7 Data Consistency in Intermittent Connectivity.

7.8 The Consistency Model.

7.9 Weak Connectivity Operation.

7.10 A Consistency Restoration Schema.

7.11 Discussion.

7.12 Related Work.

7.13 Concurrency Control Mechanism.

7.14 Transaction Commit.

7.15 Commitment of Mobile Transactions.

7.16 Transaction Commitment in Mobile Database Systems.

7.17 Summary.

References.

8. Mobile Database Recovery.

8.1 Introduction.

8.2 Log Management in Mobile Database Systems.

8.3 Mobile Database Recovery Schemes.

8.4 Summary.

References.

9. Wireless Information Broadcast.

9.1 Introduction.

9.2 Broadcast Disk.

9.3 Broadcast Infrastructure.

9.4 Exponential Index.

9.5 Location Based Indexing.

9.6 On Demand Data Scheduling.

9.7 Data Dissemination System.

9.8 Summary.

References.

Glossary.

Index.