New Trends In Computer Networks
Spanning a wide spectrum of topics in computer networks, this book presents a selective collection of papers from the 20th International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences, held in Istanbul, Turkey.
TABLE OF CONTENTS New Trends In Computer Networks
Implementation and Performance Analysis of iSCSI-Based Virtual Storage System with Wireless Networks
HYOTAEK LIM AND SAEBOM CHOI
Department of Computer Engineering, Dongseo University Busan, 617 716, Korea htlim@dongseo.ac.kr, saebom@dongseo.ac.kr
DAEHUN NYANG
Graduate School of Information Technology and Telecommunication Inha University, Inchon, 402 751, Korea, nyang@inha.ac.kr
iSCSI(Internet Small Computer System Interface) is a block-oriented storage access protocol that enables a user to recognize a remote storage as their own local block device through general TCP/IP networks. Since iSCSI uses a standard ethernet switch and router for this kind of access, it can not only be applied to ethernet technologies, but can also be used to create a storage networking system without any distance restrictions that can equally be applied to a wireless network environment. Accordingly, focusing on this applicability, this paper presents an alternative approach to overcome the limited storage space of mobile devices based on the iSCSI initiator driver, which was originally designed for wired networks. Its potential with a wireless network is also evaluated.
1. Introduction
Mobile devices suffer from some basic physical limitations because of its aim at implementation of mobility, storage and power consumption. As a result, mobile devices have significant problems related to storage restrictions and limited computing resources. However, the demands on mobile devices are steadily increasing due to the rapid growth and implementation of mobile computing. As such, the most recent issues in mobile technology are focused not on the mobility function but rather on overcoming the present limitations. Therefore, a lot of research has been attempted to overcome the fundamental problems of mobile devices such as low...
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