Executing resource intensive applications on mobile devices

Abstract

With the prevalence of mobile computing devices such as smart phones we are interested in expanding their usage to resource intensive software. The challenges we face include lack of software libraries to run various applications limited battery life limited computational power vs. regular desktops and workstations and network connectivity. In this poster, we propose a desktop grid framework in which a mobile device accepts the input for a resource intensive application, dispatches it to a remote workstation (an agent) via Bluetooth or wireless network. Specifically, we discuss what we propose to research in terms of developing this framework. The agent workstation then uses peer to peer desktop grid computing to execute an application and returns the results back to the mobile device.