Abstract
The fast growing market of mobile device adoption and cloud computing has led to exploitation of mobile devices utilizing cloud services. One major chal-lenge facing the usage of mobile devices in the cloud environment is mobile synchronization to the cloud, e.g., synchronizing contacts, text messages, imag-es, and videos. Owing to the expected high volume of traffic and high time complexity required for synchronization, an appropriate synchronization algo-rithm needs to be developed. Delta synchronization is one method of synchro-nizing compressed files that requires uploading the whole file, even when no changes were made or if it was only partially changed. In the present study, we proposed an algorithm, based on Delta synchronization, to solve the problem of synchronizing compressed files under various forms of modification (e.g., not modified, partially modified, or completely modified). To measure the effi-ciency of our proposed algorithm, we compared it to the Dropbox application algorithm. The results demonstrated that our algorithm outperformed the regular Dropbox synchronization mechanism by reducing the synchronization time, cost, and traffic load between clients and the cloud service provider.
Highlights
Mobile devices play an essential role in everyday life owing to their communication effectiveness and mobility features
The present study addresses the problems of synchronization, discusses a synchronization method utilized by one major cloud service provider, and proposes a new method of synchronization
In Test 1, the time required to perform an operation was recorded and compared between various file sizes, while in Test 2 the proposed method was benchmarked in a live environment against a popular cloud service provider
Summary
Mobile devices play an essential role in everyday life owing to their communication effectiveness and mobility features. Cloud computing enables users to utilize resources in an on-demand manner As a result, both academia and the IT industry have been encouraged to improve and merge mobile computing and cloud computing together into mobile cloud computing (MCC) and provide possible solutions for any challenges associated with this new environment. Both academia and the IT industry have been encouraged to improve and merge mobile computing and cloud computing together into mobile cloud computing (MCC) and provide possible solutions for any challenges associated with this new environment One of these challenges is mobile cloud synchronization [1], which is the focus of the present study. Many IT companies are competing to determine the best solutions for any associated problems and are trying to determine the type of data that the user requires to be portable
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