Title
Patching a patch - software updates using horizontal patching
Abstract
This paper presents a method for optimizing software updates of consumer electronic devices running multiple applications with a common software component, called horizontal patching. Instead of using separate deltas for patching different applications, the method generates one delta from the other. Due to the large similarities between the deltas, this horizontal delta is small in size. Experimental results on two test sets, consisting of software updates for sensor networks and smart phones, show that significant improvements can be achieved. Between 27% and 84% data can be saved from transmission, depending on the type of applications and shared components.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1109/TCE.2013.6531128
Consumer Electronics, IEEE Transactions
Keywords
DocType
Volume
remote reprogramming,compression ratio,consumer electronic device,pervasive system,sensor network,heterogeneous networks,consumer electronics,horizontal delta,delta similarity,incremental update optimization,consumer electronic devices,common software component,ubiquitous computing,software update optimisation,wireless sensor networks,smart phones,software update,horizontal patching,mobile computing,software engineering,smart phone,horizontal patching method
Journal
59
Issue
ISSN
ISBN
2
0098-3063
978-1-4673-1361-2
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
3
0.49
14
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Milosh Stolikj1243.38
Pieter J. L. Cuijpers26711.17
Johan J. Lukkien3667.53