An Approach to Developing Information Dissemination Service for Ubiquitous Computing Applications

In many ubiquitous computing (ubicomp) applications, such as smart classrooms, hospitals, construction sites, stadiums, shopping malls, emergency services, law enforcement, convention centers, battlefields, and inhospitable physical environments, information dissemination service is needed for distributing information from one or more devices to a large number of devices. These systems normally possess the characteristics of autonomous decentralized systems (ADS). Information dissemination for ubicomp applications can be achieved by autonomous coordination, but complex interactions and autonomous coordination of these devices depend upon local and neighboring context and/or situation. Due to the mobility of the devices, unknown destinations for information from a source, and low computational power of the devices for routing, it is difficult to provide information dissemination service for ubicomp applications. Reconfigurable contextsensitive middleware (RCSM) has been used for ADS ap...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2003
• Where: ISADS
• Authors: Stephen S. Yau, Sheikh Iqbal Ahamed
• Keywords: Emerging Technology, Information Dissemination, Information Dissemination Service, ISADS 2003, Ubicomp Applications