Multidimensional Querying in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks

The multidimensional modeling of data is steadily gaining popularity, extending applications beyond classical data warehousing, while in parallel mobile devices are gradually being used in everyday business applications. Moreover, as Mobile Ad hoc NETworks(MANETs) become more present, new ways of data sharing become feasible. This paper presents the case of exchange of multidimensional data in wireless ad hoc networks. New challenges both in comparison with querying of relational data in MANETs and respective multidimensional querying in infrastructure based wireless networks are outlined. The main objective is the optimal execution of a multidimensional query, in terms of generated traffic, access time and energy consumption overhead.