Abstract
Android provides a WakeLock mechanism for application developers to ensure the proper execution of applications without having to enter the sleep state of a device. When using the WakeLock mechanism, application developers should bear the responsibility of adequately releasing the acquired lock. Otherwise, the energy will unnecessarily be wasted due to a locked application. This paper presents a scheme, called WakeScope, to handle WakeLock misuse. The scheme is designed to detect and notify of a misuse case of WakeLock handling, which may arise with an application and even with an Android runtime system, and thus provides a practical tool to prevent energy waste in mobile devices. Our experiments with real applications show that WakeScope accurately detects the misused case, with runtime overhead of approximately 1.2% in CPU usage.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | 2013 Proceedings of the International Conference on Embedded Software, EMSOFT 2013 |
| Publisher | IEEE Computer Society |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781479914432 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2013 Jan 1 |
| Event | 13th International Conference on Embedded Software, EMSOFT 2013 - Montreal, QC, Canada Duration: 2013 Sep 29 → 2013 Oct 4 |
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| Name | 2013 Proceedings of the International Conference on Embedded Software, EMSOFT 2013 |
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| Other | 13th International Conference on Embedded Software, EMSOFT 2013 |
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| Country | Canada |
| City | Montreal, QC |
| Period | 13/9/29 → 13/10/4 |
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WakeScope : Runtime WakeLock anomaly management scheme for Android platform. / Kim, Kwanghwan; Cha, Hojung.
2013 Proceedings of the International Conference on Embedded Software, EMSOFT 2013. IEEE Computer Society, 2013. 6658605 (2013 Proceedings of the International Conference on Embedded Software, EMSOFT 2013).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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AB - Android provides a WakeLock mechanism for application developers to ensure the proper execution of applications without having to enter the sleep state of a device. When using the WakeLock mechanism, application developers should bear the responsibility of adequately releasing the acquired lock. Otherwise, the energy will unnecessarily be wasted due to a locked application. This paper presents a scheme, called WakeScope, to handle WakeLock misuse. The scheme is designed to detect and notify of a misuse case of WakeLock handling, which may arise with an application and even with an Android runtime system, and thus provides a practical tool to prevent energy waste in mobile devices. Our experiments with real applications show that WakeScope accurately detects the misused case, with runtime overhead of approximately 1.2% in CPU usage.
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