COMMUNICATION SUPPORT FOR MOBILE COLLABORATIVE WORK: AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY

Roc Messeguer (), Esunly Medina (), Sergio F. Ochoa (), José A. Pino (), Andres Neyem (), Leandro Navarro () and Dolors Royo ()
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Roc Messeguer: Department of Computer Architecture, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, D6 Building, Jordi Girona 1-3, Barcelona, Spain
Esunly Medina: Department of Computer Architecture, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, D6 Building, Jordi Girona 1-3, Barcelona, Spain
Sergio F. Ochoa: Department of Computer Science, Universidad de Chile, Av. Blanco Encalada 2120, 3er Piso, Santiago, RM, Chile
José A. Pino: Department of Computer Science, Universidad de Chile, Av. Blanco Encalada 2120, 3er Piso, Santiago, RM, Chile
Andres Neyem: Department of Computer Science, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Av. V. Mackenna 4860, Macul, Santiago, RM, Chile
Leandro Navarro: Department of Computer Architecture, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, D6 Building, Jordi Girona 1-3, Barcelona, Spain
Dolors Royo: Department of Computer Architecture, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, D6 Building, Jordi Girona 1-3, Barcelona, Spain

International Journal of Information Technology & Decision Making (IJITDM), 2012, vol. 11, issue 06, 1035-1063

Abstract: Advances in mobile computing and wireless communication are easing the evolution from traditional nomadic work to computer-mediated mobile collaborative work. Technology allows efficient and effective interaction among mobile users and also provides access to shared resources available to them. However, the features and capabilities of the communication infrastructure supporting these activities influence the type of coordination and collaboration employed by mobile collaborative applications in real work scenarios. Developers of these applications are typically unaware of the constraints the communication infrastructure imposes on mobile collaborative systems, because they are not easy to foresee. That leads to a high probability of communication problems in otherwise fully functional mobile collaborative support applications. This paper presents an experimental study with real devices and networks on a realistic physical environment that shows howad hocnetworks can effectively support mobile collaborative work and the practical limitations. The paper analyzes several networking issues and determines how they influence mobile collaborative work in various interaction scenarios. The paper also presents the lessons learned in the study and provides recommendations to deal with some networking issues related to real-worldad hocnetworks.

Keywords: Mobile collaboration; communication support; mobilead hocnetworks; experimental study (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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