Utility-Based Smartphone Energy Consumption Optimization for Cloud-Based and On-Device Application Uses

Baseem Al-athwari () and Jörn Altmann
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Baseem Al-athwari: TEMEP, College of Engineering, Seoul National University

No 2015125, TEMEP Discussion Papers from Seoul National University; Technology Management, Economics, and Policy Program (TEMEP)

Abstract: As the use of smartphones and its applications continue their rapid growth, prolonging the smartphone battery lifetime has become one of the main concerns for smartphone users if re-charging is not possible. In this paper, we show that, by taking into account the user preferences, the energy consumption of smartphones can be adjusted to maximize the user utility. The user preferences are reflected through the type of application uses, the perceived costs of energy allocation for the different types of applications, and the perceived value of energy remaining in the battery of the smartphone. In particular, we optimize the energy consumption of smartphones through the use of a utility-based energy consumption optimization model, which we developed. We demonstrate the workings of our model by applying it to a simple scenario, in which we vary the perceived value of energy remaining in the smartphone battery and the user’s perceived costs for energy consumed by the two types of application uses: cloud-based application uses and on-device application uses. Our results show that, by letting users express their preferences, users can allocate the remaining smartphone energy such that it maximizes their utilities.

Keywords: Smartphones; Apps; Energy Consumption Optimization; Utility Function; Usage Behavior; Cloud Computing; Off-Loading; Application Alassification; Energy Allocation. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C13 C61 D01 D11 L82 L86 M15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 18 pages
Date: 2015-11, Revised 2015-11
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Published in Proceedings of GECON 2015, Springer LNCS

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