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==Other ideas==
 
==Other ideas==
* If DR is not feasible, most of the items above can be applied to other type of games that does not use DR. Such as:
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* If DR is not feasible, most of the items above can be applied to other types of games that do not use DR. Such as:
 
** Turn-based games (very long silent period)
 
** Turn-based games (very long silent period)
 
** Real-time strategy (RTS) games,  
 
** Real-time strategy (RTS) games,  

Revision as of 10:27, 17 May 2010

Outline of our research direction

Investigate impact on gaming quality

- specifically analyze the trade-off between energy savings and gaming quality.
- find paper to model gaming quality.

Improve algorithm from linear model to exponential curve.

- compare performance between existing solutions, linear, and exponential model.

Expand simulation/implementation to different games.

- find reference to prove DR is used in practice.
- Show that our solution is game independent

Expand analysis to include a global view.

- mathematical model -Performance metric in terms of bandwidth savings, can be calculated from a global view perspective.

Solve receiving mode problems

- Use PSM for AP mode, and rotating host algorithm for ad-hoc. - Please see Yi's thesis work.

Additional Ideas

- slow down the game to XX fps to allow the game to sleep longer. Without affecting gaming quality. - see Claypool's papers regarding frame rates and gaming quality.

Energy Savings Overhead

- Investigate energy constraints for nodes with and without our energy savings algorithm.
- fairness in game play/quality.
- have nodes without energy constraints do more work

Other Notes

- Continue to be vague regarding the specific wireless standard. ie. we don't target WiFi or 3G. Instead, we let the reader decide. - Discover if there is any periodicity of the data and use this to help determine sleep cycles - Provide strong evidence that our solution helps


To Do's

  1. Address the items above ^
  2. Simulate energy savings using Carson's GLS simulator, please talk to Cameron.
    • We have also modified the GLS code to replay latency traces. Please read our IRS MM'10 paper.
  3. Implement the algorithm into BZFlag.
    • Play a LAN game setup (2 or 3 players) to test the algorithm in energy savings mode
    • Play over the Internet against other players to test algorithm in a mixed environment (with nodes without energy savings)
    • Play over a wireless connection with PSM mode enabled (must use an AP)
    • Play over an Ad-Hoc network setup.
  4. If possible, find an Android open source game and implement the algorithm.
  5. Publish many papers :)


Other ideas

  • If DR is not feasible, most of the items above can be applied to other types of games that do not use DR. Such as:
    • Turn-based games (very long silent period)
    • Real-time strategy (RTS) games,
    • Simulation games
    • MMORPG games (World of Warcraft client will soon be available on the Apple iPad)
    • Virtual Reality, such as Second Life.


References

Please check these references.