In this paper, we present techniques for exploiting intermittently available resources in grid infrastructures to support QoS-based multimedia applications on mobile devices. Spec...
Abstract. The peer sampling service is a middleware service that provides random samples from a large decentralized network to support gossip-based applications such as multicast, ...
Modern mobile computing paradigms have set new challenges for the development of distributed mobile applications and services. Because of the variability which characterizes the c...
Abstract— The current best-effort Internet cannot readily provide the service guarantees that VoIP applications often require. Path switching can potentially address this problem...
Shu Tao, Kuai Xu, Antonio Estepa, Teng Fei, Lixin ...
We propose an adaptive middleware design for context-aware applications that abstracts the applications from the sensors that provide context. Further, we use application-specifi...