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A Practical Quality Model for Evaluation of Mobile Services Based on Mobile Internet Device  

Oh, Sang-Hun (숭실대학교 컴퓨터학과)
La, Hyun-Jung (숭실대학교 컴퓨터학과)
Kim, Soo-Dong (숭실대학교 컴퓨터학과)
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Journal of KIISE:Software and Applications / v.37, no.5, 2010 , pp. 341-353 More about this Journal
Abstract
Mobile Internet Device (MID) allows users to flexibly use various forms of wireless internet such as Wi-Fi, GSM, CDMA, and 3G. Using such Internet, MID users can utilize application services. MID usage is expected to grow due to the benefits of portability, Internet accessibility, and other convenience. However, it has resource constraints such as limited CPU power, small memory size, limited battery life, and small screen size. Consequently, MIDs are not capable to hold large-sized complex applications and to process a large amount of data in memory. An effective solution to remedy these limitations is to develop cloud services for the required application functionality, to deploy them on the server side, and to let MID users access the services through internet. A major concern on running cloud services for MIDs is the potential problems with low Quality of Service (QoS) due to the characteristics of MIDs. Even measuring the QoS of such services is more technically challenging than conventional quality measurements. In this paper, we first identify the characteristics of MIDs and cloud services for MIDs. Based on these observations, we derive a number of quality attributes and their metrics for measuring QoS of mobile services. A case study of applying the proposed quality model is presented to show its effectiveness and applicability.
Keywords
Mobile Internet Device; Cloud Computing; Mobile Service; Quality Model; Metric;
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