Data mining techniques for prefetching in mobile Ad Hoc networks

Abstract

Caching is a means of providing faster access of data to the requester. The data which is frequently accessed/ required is kept in cache (fast memory) so as to improve the query latency. This technique has proved its worth in various environments vis-à-vis, web environment, mobile communication, mobile computing as well as in processor architecture. The data items in the cache are kept based on the experience or the past record of data items which are accessed frequently. In this paper we propose a data caching and prefetching scheme for mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs). Through prefetching system will try to sense the future needs of mobile nodes (MNs). Based on the assessment, the requisite data is prefetched from server and query latency is reduced and data availability is improved further. We have applied the data mining techniques to prefetch the data. © 2011 Springer-Verlag.