Push and Update Model for Supporting Service Availability in a Local Mobile Cloud

Mobile cloud computing (MCC) is the blend of cloud computing, mobile computing and wireless network to solve resource limitations of mobile devices by providing virtualized computing resources and services in a shared and scalable environment through network on a pay per use model to mobile clients. The availability of these active servicesstorage, google mail etcin the mobile cloud keep the mobile cloud active and relevant. Research reveals that battery plays a major role in the provisioning of a service in a mobile cloud. However, Mobile Ad-hoc Network (MANET) as a platform that support local mobile cloud exhibits battery problems that pose greater challenges to the availability of a service as users move from one node to the other. Hence, this work aims at reducing the energy requirement of the monitoring service system in a local mobile network using a push and update technique.