A Survey on Issues in Mobile Grid Computing

Mobile grid computing broadens the scope of grid computing by including a vast resource pool available in the form of mobile devices. As the number of mobile devices in use is bound to increase in coming years, and with enhanced features, mobile grid computing will have a lot to offer in the area of high performance computing. This paper surveys the paradigm of mobile grid computing and the features it offers in the current computing environment. We discuss the role of mobile devices in the existing grid technology. We also discuss the various challenges the paradigm faces as a result of inclusion of the feature of mobility in the grid computing environment.