Abstract
Mobile collaboration is required in several work scenarios, i.e. education, healthcare, business and disaster relief. The features and capabilities of the communication infrastructure used by mobile collaborative applications will influence the type of coordination and collaboration that can be supported in real work scenarios. Developers of these applications are typically unaware of the constraints the communication infrastructure imposes on the collaborative system. Therefore, this paper presents an experimental study of how ad-hoc networks can effectively support mobile collaborative work. The article analyzes several networking issues and it determines how they influence the collaborative work. The paper also presents the lessons learned and it provides recommendations to deal with the networking issues intrinsic to ad-hoc networks.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.
Buying options
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Learn about institutional subscriptionsPreview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Alarcón, R., Guerrero, L., Ochoa, S., Pino, J.: Analysis and Design of Mobile Collaborative Applications Using Contextual Elements. Computing and Informatics 25(6), 469–496 (2006)
Antunes, P., Bandeira, R., Carriço, L., Zurita, G., Baloian, N., Vogt, R.: Risk Assessment in Healthcare Collaborative Settings: A Case Study Using SHELL. In: Briggs, R.O., Antunes, P., de Vreede, G.-J., Read, A.S. (eds.) CRIWG 2008. LNCS, vol. 5411, pp. 65–73. Springer, Heidelberg (2008)
Draves, R., Padhye, J., Zill, B.: Comparison of Routing Metrics for Static Multi-hop Wireless Networks. In: Proc. of the 2004 Conference on Applications, Technologies, Architectures, and Protocols for Computer Communications (SIGCOMM 2004), pp. 133–144. ACM Press, New York (2004)
Dyck, J.: A Survey of Application-Layer Networking Techniques for Real-time Distributed Groupware. Technical Report HCI-TR-06-06, University of Saskatchewan (2006)
Dyck, J., Gutwin, C., Graham, T.C.N., Pinelle, D.: Beyond the LAN: Techniques from Network Games for Improving Groupware Performance. In: Proc. of Group 2007, pp. 291–300. ACM Press, New York (2007)
Ellis, C.A., Gibbs, S.J., Rein, G.L.: Groupware: Some Issues and Experiences. Communications of the ACM 34(1), 38–58 (1991)
Gutwin, C.: The Effects of Network Delays on Group Work in Real-Time Groupware. In: Proc. of the Seventh European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (ECSCW 2001), pp. 299–318. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Norwell (2001)
RFC3626 - Optimized Link State Routing Protocol (OLSR)(2003), http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3626.txt
Better Approach To Mobile Ad-hoc Networking, B.A.T.M.A.N. (2008), http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-wunderlich-openmesh-manet-routing-00
Kanchanasut, K., Tunpan, A., Awal, M.A., Das, D.K., Wongsaardsakul, T., Tsuchimoto, Y., Dumbonet, M.: A Multimedia Communication System for Collaborative Emergency Response Operations in Disaster-affected Areas. International Journal of Emergency Management 4, 670–681 (2007)
Kiess, W., Mauve, M.: A Survey on Real-World Implementations of Mobile Ad-hoc Networks. Ad Hoc Networks 5(3), 324–339 (2007)
Mejia, D., Moran, A., Favela, J.: Supporting Informal Co-located Collaboration in Hospital Work. In: Haake, J.M., Ochoa, S.F., Cechich, A. (eds.) CRIWG 2007. LNCS, vol. 4715, pp. 255–270. Springer, Heidelberg (2007)
Messeguer, R., Ochoa, S.F., Pino, J.A., Navarro, L., Neyem, A.: Communication and Coordination Patterns to Support Mobile Collaboration. In: Proc. of the 12th International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design (CSCWD 2008), pp. 565–570. IEEE CS Press, Los Alamitos (2008)
Monares, A., Ochoa, S.F., Pino, J.A., Herskovic, V., Neyem, A.: MobileMap: A Collaborative Application to Support Emergency Situations in Urban Areas. In: Proc. of 13th International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design (CSCWD 2009), pp. 565–570. IEEE Press, Los Alamitos (2009)
Rodríguez-Covili, J., Ochoa, S.f., Pino, J., Favela, J., Mejía, D., Moran, A.: Designing Mobile Shared Workspaces by Instantiation. In: Proc. of 13th International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design (CSCWD 2009), April 2009, pp. 402–407. IEEE Press, Los Alamitos (2009)
Tirumala, A., Gates, M., Qin, F., Dugan, J., Ferguson, J.: Iperf: The TCP/UDP Bandwidth Measurement Tool, http://dast.nlanr.net/Projects/Iperf (Last visit, March 2009)
Tschudin, C., Gunningberg, P., Lundgren, H., Nordstrom, E.: Lessons from Experimental MANET Research. Ad Hoc Networks 3(2), 221–233 (2005)
Vaghi, I., Greenhalgh, C., Benford, S.: Coping with Inconsistency due to Network Delays in Collaborative Virtual Environments. In: Proc. of the ACM Workshop on Virtual Reality and Software Technology, pp. 42–49 (1999)
Whalen, T., Black, J.P.: Adaptive Groupware for Wireless Networks. In: Proc. of the 2nd IEEE Workshop on Mobile Computer systems and Applications (WMCA 1999), p. 20. IEEE Press, Los Alamitos (1999)
Zurita, G., Baloian, N., Baytelman, F.: Using mobile devices to foster social interactions in the classroom. In: Proc. of the 12th International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design (CSCWD 2008), pp. 1041–1046. IEEE Press, Los Alamitos (2008)
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2009 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
About this paper
Cite this paper
Messeguer, R. et al. (2009). Building Real-World Ad-Hoc Networks to Support Mobile Collaborative Applications: Lessons Learned. In: Carriço, L., Baloian, N., Fonseca, B. (eds) Groupware: Design, Implementation, and Use. CRIWG 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5784. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04216-4_1
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04216-4_1
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-642-04215-7
Online ISBN: 978-3-642-04216-4
eBook Packages: Computer ScienceComputer Science (R0)