Adaptive middleware architecture for information sharing on mobile phones

ABSTRACT

The emergence of small, resource-constrained, and highly mobile computing platforms presents numerous challenges for software developers. We propose an adaptive middleware architecture for mobile phones that supports the development of interactive applications. It fulfills requirements such as context awareness, adaptability, and service discovery. Based on this architecture, we have implemented a prototype in J2ME, a widely used open platform in mobile phones. Applications are deployed on user's mobile phone and community services on the network servers. Services are implemented in Java. The prototype implementation is demonstrated by executing a wide set of use cases related to ubiquitous applications and environments, and results discussed.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.3 INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL
      H.3.5 On-line Information Services
          Subjects: Data sharing

Additional Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.3 INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL
      H.3.5 On-line Information Services
          Subjects: Web-based services

Keywords:
adaptive middleware, community networks, context-awareness, mobile phones