To improve data accessibility in ad hoc networks, we have proposed a few methods of replicating data items on mobile hosts by considering the data access frequencies from mobile hosts to each data item and the network topology. In this paper, we address techniques to manage locations of data items or replicas and efficiently forward access requests to the locations. In order to manage locations of data items efficiently, a key issues is predicting the locations of data items that dynamically change. To predict the locations of data items, we use the information on replica allocation at every relocation time and the logs of past data accesses.
Balancing the tradeoffs between data accessibility and query delay in ad hoc networks