@inproceedings{chu2015prime,
author = {Chu, David and Zhang, Zengbin and Wolman, Alec and Lane, Nicholas},
title = {Prime: A Framework for Co-located Multi-Device Apps},
year = {2015},
month = {September},
abstract = {Even though mobile devices are ubiquitous, the conceptually simple endeavor of using co-located devices for multi-user experiences is cumbersome. It may not even be possible when certain apps are not widely available. We introduce Prime, a thin-client framework for colocated multi-device apps (MDAs). It leverages wellestablished remote display protocols to enable spontaneous use of MDAs. One device acts as a host, executing the app on behalf of connected clients. The key challenges is dynamic scalability: providing high framerates, low latency and fairness across clients. Therefore, we have developed: an online scheduling algorithm that provides frame rate, latency and fairness guarantees; a modified 802.11 MAC protocol that provides low-latency and fairness; and an efficient video encoder pipeline that offers up to fourteen times higher framerates. We show that Prime can scale a host up to seven concurrent players for a commercially released open source action game, achieving touch-to-pixel latency below 100ms for all clients.},
publisher = {ACM - Association for Computing Machinery},
url = {http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/research/publication/prime-framework-co-located-multi-device-apps/},
}