Using mobile cloud computing for developing context-aware multimedia applications

Abstract

Mobile cloud computing (MCC) and context-aware computing are research topics with growing evidence. The former seeks to leverage cloud computing features to improve the performance of mobile applications and reduce the energy consumption of mobile devices, while the latter seeks effective ways to build applications that react to changes in its context environment. This chapter aims at presenting main concepts, solutions, and technologies related to the integration of MCC and context-aware applications. We will also introduce CAOS, an android-based framework to build context-aware apps using MCC concepts. We present an application built with CAOS to illustrate how context-aware apps may be enhanced with data and computing offloading features. In addition, we will highlight research challenges and opportunities that come with such integration.