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Enabling flexible and continuous capability invocation in mobile prosumer environments.
Ramon Alcarria1, Tomas Robles, Augusto Morales
1Department of Telematics Engineering, Technical University of Madrid, Avenida Complutense n. 30, Ciudad Universitaria, 28040 Madrid, Spain. ralcarria@dit.upm.es
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
|September 27, 2012
Summary
This paper presents a reference architecture for continuous mobile service execution in dynamic prosumer environments. It enables seamless communication with heterogeneous devices and flexible access to their capabilities.
Area of Science:
- Computer Science
- Software Engineering
- Ubiquitous Computing
Background:
- Mobile prosumer environments necessitate communication with diverse, dynamically available devices for service execution.
- Integrating sensors, actuators, and smart devices presents challenges due to their varying availability and heterogeneity.
Purpose of the Study:
- To design a reference architecture for continuous service execution in mobile environments.
- To enable robust access to device capabilities amidst changing availability.
Main Methods:
- The proposed architecture employs established software engineering patterns.
- It incorporates specific communication paradigms to handle device heterogeneity.
- Two algorithms for resource access management are described and evaluated.
Main Results:
- The architecture facilitates continuous service execution by managing heterogeneous device communication.
- It ensures flexible capability invocation through adaptable communication middleware.
- Evaluated algorithms demonstrate effective resource access management.
Conclusions:
- The designed reference architecture supports reliable mobile service execution in dynamic environments.
- Flexibility in capability invocation and resource access is crucial for heterogeneous device integration.
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