Wireless Grids. Distributed Resource Sharing by Mobile, Nomadic, and Fixed Devices

Wireless grids, a new type of resource-sharing network, connect sensors, mobile phones, and other edge devices with each other and with wired grids. Ad hoc distributed resource sharing allows these devices to offer new resources and locations of use for grid computing. This article places wireless grids in context, explains their basic requirements, and provides an example implementation that uses a wireless grid for distributed audio recording. Finally, it introduces articles in this special issue on wireless grid architectures and applications.

Keywords: wireless grid, mobile, distributed computing, resource sharing

JEL Classification: D81, L15, L16, L22, L23, L63, L80, L86, L96, O31, O32, O33

Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation

McKnight, Lee Warren and Howison, James L and Bradner, Scott O., Wireless Grids. Distributed Resource Sharing by Mobile, Nomadic, and Fixed Devices (August 14, 2004). IEEE Internet Computing, July-August 2004, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2354538