Mobile Wireless Middleware, Operating Systems and Applications (eBook)

Preface 5
Organization 7
Table of Contents 10
BMMP Workshop 10
“Just Another Distribution Channel?” 12
Introduction 12
The Development of the Industries 13
Analysis of Technological and Industry Developments 16
Discussion: Position of a Mobile Operator in the Content Industry 19
In Conclusion 22
References 23
Adding Value to the Network: Exploring the Software as a Service and Platform as a Service Models for Mobile Operators 24
Introduction 24
Software as a Service 25
Revenue Models 26
Benefits and Risks 26
Platform as a Service 27
Revenue Models 28
Benefits and Risks 28
Summary of Benefits and Risks 30
Analysis of Emerging Experiences of Mobile Operators’ Service Platforms 31
Conclusion 32
References 33
Business Model Evaluation for an Advanced Multimedia Service Portfolio 34
Introduction 34
Typical Business Scenes 35
Technical Analysis of the Service Portfolio Provision 36
System Architecture Design 36
System Architecture Approximation 37
Modelling the Collaborative Service Provision 39
Numerical Implementation 42
Conclusions and Future Work 43
References 43
Connecting Business Models with Service Platform Designs – Quantitative, Scenario-Based Framework 44
Introduction 44
Techno-Business Modeling Framework 45
Service Platform Approximate 46
Modeling Usage of Services and Enablers 47
Modeling Service Provision 49
Scenario-Based Analysis and Valuation 50
Practical Case – SPICE Mobile Service Platform 51
Conclusion 54
References 55
The Borders of Mobile Handset Ecosystems: Is Coopetition Inevitable? 56
Introduction 56
It’s All about Business Ecosystems 57
Is Exclusivity in Relationships Possible? 58
Methodological Approach 59
Findings 60
Conclusion 64
References 65
Trends in Mobile Application Development 66
Introduction 66
Current Practices 67
Development Tools 68
Portals 69
Platform Integration 69
Trends 70
Towards Portal Centralization 70
Towards Technological Openness 71
Towards Full Integration 71
Implications for Developers 72
Implications of Portal Centralization 73
Implications of Technological Openness 73
Implications of Platform Integration 73
Implication of the Platform Choice 74
Conclusion 74
References 75
WASP Workshop 10
A Middleware Architecture Supporting Native Mobile Agents for Wireless Sensor Networks 76
Introduction 76
System Architecture 77
Mobility Manager 77
Security Manager 78
Operation Manager 79
Evaluation 79
AvroraZ 79
Physical Scenario 79
Agents 80
Agent Middleware 80
Results 81
Significance and Discussion 82
Robustness and Self-management 82
Structure and Flexibility 82
Alternatives 82
Related Work 83
Stateless Interpreted 83
Stateless Native 84
Stateful Interpreted 84
Conclusion 84
References 85
Map-Based Compressive Sensing Model for Wireless Sensor Network Architecture, A Starting Point 86
Introduction 86
System Model 87
Compressive Sensing: Mathematical Basics and Applicability to WSN 87
Sparse and Compressible Signals 88
Incoherent Sparse Sampling and Recovery 89
CS Advantages and Its Application in WSN 90
CS-Oriented Map-Based (CSM) Architecture 90
Evaluation of CSM with an Exhaustive Algorithm 91
Related Work 93
Conclusion and Future Work 94
References 94
Mobility and Remote-Code Execution 96
Introduction 96
Abstraction, Model and Mechanism 97
The Remote-Code Execution Abstraction 99
Design Paradigms 99
Models of the Remote-Code Execution Abstraction 100
Discussion 104
From Models to RCE Mechanisms 104
Execution System 105
RCE Models Implementation 105
Conclusion 107
References 107
UCPA Workshop 10
A Component-Based Approach for Realizing User-Centric Adaptive Systems 109
Introduction 109
User-Centric Pervasive Adaptation 110
Realizing User-Centric Software 110
Example Scenario: Adaptive Interactive Installations 112
Related Work 114
Conclusion and Future Work 114
References 115
A Reflective Goal-Based System for Context-Aware Adaptation 116
Introduction 116
A Reflective User Goal-Based Context-Aware Framework 117
Contexts 117
Adaptation Layers 118
The Reflective Middleware 119
Application Trial and Discussion 120
Conclusion 121
References 121
Pervasive Adaptation in Car Crowds 122
Car Crowds as Socio-Technical Systems 122
Driver-Vehicle Co-Models 124
A Collective Driver-Vehicle Co-Model 126
Conclusions and Further Work 127
References 127
Developing User-Centric Applications with H-Omega 129
Introduction 129
Requirements and Background 130
Requirements for Successful Pervasive Computing 130
Service-Oriented Computing 131
H-Omega: An Application Server for Pervasive Applications 132
The Follow Media Application 133
Conclusion 134
References 134
Utilization Possibilities of Area Definition in User Space for User-Centric Pervasive-Adaptive Systems 135
Introduction 135
The PDPT Framework and PDPT Core 136
Predictive Data Push Technology 136
The PDPT Framework Design 137
PDPT Core – Static and Dynamic Area Definition 137
The PDPT Client Application and Testing Results 139
New Utilization Possibilities of Area Definition 140
Conclusions 141
References 141
Ubi-Islands Workshop 11
Architecture of a Personal Network Service Layer 142
Introduction 142
Architecture 143
Conclusions and Future Work 144
References 145
Connecting the Islands – Enabling Global Connectivity through Local Cooperation 146
Introduction 146
Cooperation 148
Network Coding 149
Challenges and Considerations 150
References 151
Mapping the Physical World into the VirtualWorld: A Com2monSense Approach 153
Introduction 153
Com2monSense 154
Implementation 155
Scenario: Smart Open Spaces 156
Conclusions 156
References 156
Ubiquitous Mobile Awareness from Sensor Networks 158
Introduction 158
Exchanging Sensor Information with 3GPP IMS 159
Ubiquitous Mobile Awareness Services 160
Conclusions 160
References 161
Author Index 162