Consistency Management among Replicas Using a Quorum System in Ad Hoc Networks

  • Authors:
  • Yohei Sawai;Masako Shinohara;Akimitsu Kanzaki;Takahiro Hara;Shojiro Nishio

  • Affiliations:
  • Osaka University, Japan;Osaka University, Japan;Osaka University, Japan;Osaka University, Japan;Osaka University, Japan

  • Venue:
  • MDM '06 Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Mobile Data Management
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

Data replication is effective for improving data availability in ad hoc networks. In an environment where data updates occur, replicas of a data item may be inconsistent. To solve this problem, quorum based consistency management is a promising approach. To reduce communication overhead, it is better to make the number of mobile hosts in each quorum small. In this paper, we propose a consistency management method that constructs quorums with fewer mobile hosts.