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Context-Aware Middleware for Resource Management in the Wireless Internet

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The provisioning of Web services over the wireless Internet introduces novel challenging issues for service design and implementation: from user/terminal mobility during service execution, to wide heterogeneity of portable access devices and unpredictable modifications in accessible resources. In this scenario, there are frequent provision-time changes in the context, defined as the logical set of accessible resources depending on client location, access terminal capabilities, and system/service management policies. The development of context-dependent services requires novel middlewares with full context visibility. We propose a middleware for context-aware resource management, called CARMEN, capable of supporting the automatic reconfiguration of wireless Internet services in response to context changes without any intervention on the service logic. CARMEN determines the context on the basis of metadata, which include declarative management policies and profiles for user preferences, terminal capabilities, and resource characteristics. In addition, CARMEN exploits the mobile agent technology to implement mobile middleware components that follow the provision-time movement of clients to support locally their customized service access. The proposed middleware shows how metadata and mobile agents can favor component reusability and automatic service reconfiguration, by reducing the development/deployment complexity.

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cover image IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering  Volume 29, Issue 12
December 2003
92 pages

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IEEE Press

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Published: 01 December 2003

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  1. C.2.8.d Mobile Computing/Mobile Environments.
  2. C.2.8.e Mobile Computing/Support services
  3. J.8.l Internet Applications/Middleware
  4. J.9.a Mobile Applications/Location-dependent and Sensitive

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