Efficient Coordinated Checkpointing Protocol for Mobile Distributed Systems

Abstract

Mobile Computing represents a new paradigm that aims to provide continuous network connectivity to users regardless of their
location. A wide spectrum of portable, personal computing devices has recently been introduced in the market that range from laptop computers
to handheld personal digital assistants. Coupled with the advent of wireless networking, this has given rise to a new style of computing wherein
the computer can move with the user and yet maintain its network connections. Solutions to communication and synchronization problems in
distributed systems have so far been designed for networks comprising solely of static hosts.

Keywords: Distributed system, mobile computing, consistent global state, coordinated checkpointing systems.