Alternative data storage solution for mobile messaging services

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Ong, David C.C. | Sileika, Rytis | Khaddaj, Souheil^; | Oudrhiri, Radouane

Affiliations: Faculty of Computing, Information Systems and Mathematics, Kingston University, Kingston upon Thames KT1 2EE, UK | Systonomy Ltd, 2nd Floor, Berkeley Square House, Berkeley Square, London W1J 6BD, UK

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Abstract: In recent years, mobile devices have become relatively more powerful with additional features which have the capability to provide multimedia streaming. Better, faster and more reliable data storage solutions in the mobile messaging platform have become more essential with these additional improvements. The existing mobile messaging infrastructure, in particular the data storage platform has become less proficient in coping with the increased demand for its services. This demand especially in the mobile messaging area (i.e. SMS – Short Messaging Service, MMS – Multimedia Messaging Service), which may well exceeded 250,000 requests per second, means that the need to evaluate competing data management systems has become not only necessary but essential. This paper presents an evaluation of SMS and MMS platforms using different database management systems – DBMS and recommends the best data management strategies for these platforms.

Keywords: Database management systems, database reliability, mobile communication

Journal: Mobile Information Systems, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 39-54, 2007