RILCE: Resource Indexing in Large Connected Environments

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to present a solution to a particular challenge related to indexing resources in a connected environment. In essence, multiple factors impact significantly resource indexing in connected environments such as uneven spatial distribution of devices, their heterogeneous capacities, varying usage, and querying purposes and priorities, to mention a few. This work proposes a hybrid resource indexing approach able to cope with devices' capacities (especially their storage capacity). To validate our approach, several types of queries have been submitted to test the index's efficiency. Preliminary experiments show promising results and prove the efficiency and usefulness of the proposal.