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Network Support for Mobile Gaming

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Mobile gaming has become very popular thanks to its entertainment nature and to the widespread popularity of high-end mobile devices. The game scenario is very challenging as the support of mobile games is not as easy as one may think. In particular, the traffic generated by mobile games has specific network requirements that need to be satisfied; otherwise, the playability of the game might be annoying instead of pleasant. With this vision, we overview the network support solutions for mobile games. In particular, we characterize the mobile game network requirements and present studies that propose a suitable network support for these games. Finally, we overview an interesting case study where mobile games can be played in an environment composed of fixed and mobile networks.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of Padua, Vis Trieste 63, Padua, 35131, Italy

    Armir Bujari & Claudio E. Palazzi

  2. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

    Marco Furini

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  2. Industrial Design, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

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  3. Dipto. Scienze dell'Informazione, Università di Bologna , Bologna, Italy

    Paolo Ciancarini

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Bujari, A., Furini, M., Palazzi, C.E. (2017). Network Support for Mobile Gaming. In: Nakatsu, R., Rauterberg, M., Ciancarini, P. (eds) Handbook of Digital Games and Entertainment Technologies. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-4560-50-4_24

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