W&M ScholarWorks Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects Theses, Dissertations, & Master Projects 2013 Improving Energy Efficiency and Security for Pervasive Computing Systems Fengyuan Xu College of William & Mary - Arts & Sciences Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd Part of the Computer Sciences Commons Recommended Citation Xu, Fengyuan, "Improving Energy Efficiency and Security forer P vasive Computing Systems" (2013). Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects. Paper 1539623629. https://dx.doi.org/doi:10.21220/s2-z6zn-yv46 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Theses, Dissertations, & Master Projects at W&M ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects by an authorized administrator of W&M ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Improving Energy Efficiency and Security for Pervasive Computing Systems Fengyuan Xu Zhengzhou, Henan, China Bachelor of Science, Jilin University, 2007 A Dissertation presented to the Graduate Faculty of the College of William and Mary in Candidacy for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Department of Computer Science The College of William and Mary August 2013 APPROVAL PAGE This Dissertation is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Fengyuan Xu Approved by the Committee, August 2013 Committee Chair Associate Professor Qun Li, Computer Science College of William and Mary Professorior EvgervaEvger\|e Smirni, Computer Science College of William and Mary Professor Weizhen Mao, Computer Science College of William and Mary Associate Professor Haining Wang, Computer Science College of William and Mary $LrrnaA. fjosubraU . __________ Senior Researcher Thomas Moscibroda Microsoft Research ABSTRACT Pervasive computing systems are comprised of various personal mobile devices connected by the wireless networks.