Minimizing Energy Consumption for Online Games on Mobile Phones

We are exploring energy saving mechanisms for online games on mobile phones.

People

• Mohamed Hefeeda

• Cong Ly (MSc student)

• Cameron Harvey (MSc student)

• Ahmed Hamza (PhD student)

Publications

• R. C. Harvey, A. Hamza, C. Ly, and M. Hefeeda, Energy-Efficient Gaming on Mobile Devices using Dead Reckoning-based Power Management, In Proc. of ACM Workshop on Network and Systems Support for Games (NetGames 2010), 6 pages, Taipei, Taiwan, November 2010.

On-going Research Problems

• Energy Saving in Online Games on Mobile Phones (Login Required)

References and Links

• Gaming Over Ad-Hoc Peer-to-Peer Networks

• GLS - Game Latency Simulator from the University of Oslo emulates the behaviour of the open source game BZFlag, a first-person shooter game.