Middleware for Network Eccentric and Mobile Applications

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Garbinato, Benoît (Editor), Miranda, Hugo (Editor), Rodrigues, Luís (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computer communication systems.; Software engineering.; Electrical engineering.; Computer Science.; Computer Communication Networks.; Communications Engineering, Networks.; Software Engineering.

Middleware is a critical foundation needed to leverage the development of a wide range of mobile and ubiquitous applications. Intrinsic challenges when building such middleware require the combination of expertise from areas like distributed systems, networking, software engineering, and application...

Table of Contents:

• Networking and Programming Issues
• Energy in Wireless Sensor Networks
• Programming Wireless Sensor Networks
• Mobility Models for Systems Evaluation
• Ad Hoc Routing
• Communication Models
• An Introduction to Population Protocols
• Routing Issues in Opportunistic Networks
• Wireless Mesh Networks
• Middleware Issues
• Gossip-Based Dissemination
• Application Layer Multicast
• Distributed Event Routing in Publish/Subscribe Systems
• Tuple Space Middleware for Wireless Networks
• Security Middleware for Mobile Applications
• Dynamic Adaptation
• Applicative Issues
• Middleware Support for Context-Aware Applications
• Autoconfiguration and Service Discovery
• Dynamic Resource Management and Cyber Foraging
• Vehicular Networks and Applications.