TCOT - A timeout-based mobile transaction commitment protocol
IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol.51, no.10, pp.1212-1218, 2002 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 51 Issue: 10
- Publication Date: 2002
- Doi Number: 10.1109/tc.2002.1039846
- Journal Name: IEEE Transactions on Computers
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.1212-1218
- Keywords: Cell, Commit, Compensation, Execution fragment, Handoff, Mobile Database System, Mobile transaction, Timeout
- TED University Affiliated: No
Abstract
We present a transaction commit protocol "Transaction Commit On Timeout (TCOT)," based on a "timeout" approach for Mobile Database Systems (MDS), which can be universally used to reach a final transaction termination decision (e.g., commit, abort, etc.) in any message-oriented system. Particularly suited for a wireless environment, a timeout mechanism is the only way to minimize the impact of the slow and unreliable wireless link. We compare TCOT to a modified version of 2PC to show its superiority based on commit time.