Northern Kentucky University
Study 1 (Butts): Designing "Green" Mobile Apps with Cloud Computing
Institution
Northern Kentucky University
Faculty Advisor/ Mentor
Wei Hao
Abstract
As smart phones are becoming more prevalent among cell phone users, there is a trend towards an all encompassing platform. Smart phones are required to be able to process and execute the same or similar applications to those of a laptop or desktop. These demands cause more stress on the processing power of the phone, which can lead to a decrease in performance and a strain on the battery. Amazon's Elastic Computing Cloud (EC2) makes it is possible to launch instances of the cloud and do some of the processing in these instances. Using Amazon's EC2 Mobile SDK it is possible to launch instances from the mobile phones and have the off site cloud instance perform the operations required. With the technologies Amazon provides it was possible to create "green" mobile applications because of the power saved on the phone from executing processes off site.
Study 1 (Butts): Designing "Green" Mobile Apps with Cloud Computing
As smart phones are becoming more prevalent among cell phone users, there is a trend towards an all encompassing platform. Smart phones are required to be able to process and execute the same or similar applications to those of a laptop or desktop. These demands cause more stress on the processing power of the phone, which can lead to a decrease in performance and a strain on the battery. Amazon's Elastic Computing Cloud (EC2) makes it is possible to launch instances of the cloud and do some of the processing in these instances. Using Amazon's EC2 Mobile SDK it is possible to launch instances from the mobile phones and have the off site cloud instance perform the operations required. With the technologies Amazon provides it was possible to create "green" mobile applications because of the power saved on the phone from executing processes off site.