Approaches to address the operational limitations of MANETs through ad hoc mobile cloud computing

Abstract

Considering the rising prevalence of mobile devices, Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks (MANETs) are becoming important for wire-less communication. Mobile devices, however, face numerous resource challenges such as bandwidth, mobility, battery life, security and storage. Hence, the service quality enhancement is greatly hindered due to restricted resource availability. MCC makes use of resources in cloud computing systems to address the dearth of native resources in mobile devices. If a connection to the cloud computing network is impassable or high on cost to afford, it restricts a mobile user from incorporating cloud computing services. Therefore, an initial solution will be to use resources from nearby devices instantly. Such a paradigm is known as mobile ad-hoc cloud computing where every mobile device uses its neighboring device's service and resource. This paper shortly explains the contributions done by us to overcome the three vital operational limitations of mobile devices namely connectivity, storage and, processing capability through the Mobile Ad-Hoc Cloud Computing Paradigm. The potential promise in these proposed approaches is evaluated through simulations. Our proposals, taken together intend to increase the operational efficiency of MANETs.