| | |
Summary: c Copyright by Albert Fred Harris III, 2006
CROSS-LAYER ENERGY-EFFICIENT MOBILE SYSTEM DESIGN
BY
ALBERT FRED HARRIS III
B.A., Rockhurst University, 2000
B.S., Rockhurst University, 2000
M.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2002
DISSERTATION
Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science
in the Graduate College of the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006
Urbana, Illinois
To my wonderful family Erin, Kane, and the new one that is on the way... and all our future
family members.
iii
Abstract
Advances in computing technology have resulted in high-end mobile devices with extensive com-
putational capabilities that enable complex applications such as video encoding or lossless data
compression. However, the energy requirements of such applications far exceed current battery
|
