Context management strategies in wireless network

TL;DR

This paper reviews various context management strategies in wireless networks, emphasizing their suitability for dynamic, resource-constrained environments and providing a comparative analysis to aid developers in selecting appropriate approaches.

Contribution

It identifies and compares different context management strategies for wireless networks, highlighting their applicability in various scenarios and aiding in informed decision-making.

Findings

Hierarchical, distributed, and hybrid strategies each have unique advantages.

The choice of strategy depends on network dynamics and resource availability.

A detailed comparison helps developers select suitable context management approaches.

Abstract

Context management strategies in wireless technology are dependent upon the collection of accurate information from the individual nodes. This information (called context information) can be exploited by administrators or automated systems in order to decide on specific management concerns. While traditional approaches for fixed networks are more or less centralized, more complex management strategies have been proposed for wireless networks, such as hierarchical, fully distributed and hybrid ones. The reason for the introduction of new strategies is based on the dynamic and unpredictable nature of wireless networks and their (usually) limited resources, which do not support centralized management solutions. In this work, efforts is being made to uncovered some specific strategies that can be used to managed context information that reaches the centre of decision making, the work is concluded with a detail comparison of the strategies to enable context application developers make right choice of strategy to be employed in a specific situation.