1) The document proposes a network-assisted mobile computing system where mid-network nodes can lease processing power to mobile devices to reduce latency and battery usage when processing queries.
2) It studies the tradeoff between battery usage, processing latency, transmission latency, and leasing costs to determine the optimal processing policy for allocating work across devices.
3) The proposed system divides query processing across the mobile station, relay nodes, and application server to minimize costs based on leasing, latency, and battery usage considerations.