Keeping track of "flying elephants": Challenges in large-scale management of complex mobile objects

Drosdol, TobiasSchwarz, ThomasBauer, MartinGroßmann, MatthiasHönle, NicolaNicklas, DanielaDadam, PeterReichert, Manfred2019-10-112019-10-1120043-88579-379-2https://dl.gi.de/handle/20.500.12116/28871The management of mobile objects like cars, persons, or workpieces in a factory is an important task in many context-aware environments. So far, most solutions can either cope with many small objects (few properties) or with a limited number of complex objects in a centralized way. In this paper, we face the challenge of managing a large number of bulky mobile objects (flying elephants). We state requirements, propose basic components, and discuss alternative architectures based on the main influencing factors like mobility and update rate.enKeeping track of "flying elephants": Challenges in large-scale management of complex mobile objectsText/Conference Paper1617-5468