An adaptive middleware for context-sensitive communications for real-time applications in ubiquitous computing environments

Real-Time Systems

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-61

  Yau, Stephen S ^a   Karim, Fariaz ^b  

^a AZ 85281   (United States)

^b INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive middleware; Context sensitive communication; Context sensitive object discovery; Context sensitive object request broker; Mobile ad hoc networks; Object based middleware; Real time context sensitive applications; Reconfigurable context sensitive middleware; Ubiquitous computing environments

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER HARDWARE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MIDDLEWARE; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; PROGRAM COMPILERS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; SENSORS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; USER INTERFACES; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; XML;

ADAPTIVE MIDDLEWARE; CONTEXT AWARE INTERFACE DEFINITION LANGUAGE; CONTEXT SENSITIVE COMMUNICATIONS; CONTEXT SENSITIVE OBJECT DISCOVERY; CONTEXT SENSITIVE OBJECT REQUEST BROKER; MOBILE AD HOC NETWORKS; RECONFIGURABLE CONTEXT SENSITIVE MIDDLEWARE; UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING;

REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

EID: 0842348191     PISSN: 09226443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:TIME.0000009305.62647.ee     Document Type: Article

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