COMPACT: Middleware for context representation and management in pervasive computing
International Journal of Pervasive Computing and Communications
ISSN: 1742-7371
Article publication date: 31 December 2006
Abstract
Context awareness is one of the key aspects of pervasive computing systems. In such systems, a plethora of dynamic context information needs to be constantly retrieved, soundly interpreted, rapidly processed, maintained in various repositories, and securely disseminated. Thus, a flexible, scalable and interoperable context representation scheme needs to be established and solid context management mechanisms need to be adopted, which will perform well in large‐scale distributed pervasive systems. This paper elaborates on the COMPACT context middleware that has been designed to cope with the issues above and saturate pervasive computing environments with context awareness functionality.
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Citation
Strimpakou, M., Roussaki, I., Pils, C. and Anagnostou, M. (2006), "COMPACT: Middleware for context representation and management in pervasive computing", International Journal of Pervasive Computing and Communications, Vol. 2 No. 3, pp. 229-246. https://doi.org/10.1108/17427370780000153
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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