Rapid development of dependable applications over Ad hoc networks

Abstract

Advances in wireless communication and network computing technologies make possible new kinds of applications involving transient interactions among physical components that move across a wide range of spaces, from the confines of a room to the airspace across an ocean, and require no fixed networking infrastructure to communicate with one another. Such components may come together to form ad hoc networks for the purpose of exchanging information or in order to engage in cooperative task-oriented behaviors. Ad hoc networks are assembled, reshaped and taken apart as components move in and out of communication range; all interactions are transient; computations become highly decoupled and rely on weak forms of data consistency; disconnections are frequent and unpredictable; and component behavior is sensitive to changes in location, context, quality of service, or administrative domain.Our objective is to develop software engineering methods and an associated software infrastructure that will facilitate rapid development of dependable mobile applications executing over ad hoc networks.

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Index Terms

• Hardware

  • Communication hardware, interfaces and storage

• Networks

• Social and professional topics

  • Professional topics

    • Management of computing and information systems

      • Software management

• Software and its engineering

  • Software creation and management

    • Software development techniques