Context-Aware Pervasive Systems: Architectures for a New Breed of Applications

Front cover......Page 1
DEDICATION......Page 6
PREFACE......Page 8
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 12
ABOUT THE AUTHOR......Page 14
CONTENTS......Page 16
CHAPTER 1. WHAT IS CONTECT-AWARE BEHAVIOR?......Page 20
CHAPTER 2. THE STRUCTURE AND ELEMENTS OF CONTEXT-AWARE PERVASIVE SYSTEMS......Page 32
CHAPTER 3. CONTEXT-AWARE MOBILE SERVICES......Page 50
CHAPTER 4. CONTEXT-AWARE ARTIFACTS......Page 94
CHAPTER 5. CONTEXT-AWARE MOBILE SOFTWARE AGENTS FOR INTERACTION WITH WEB SERVICES IN MOBILE ENVIRONMENTS......Page 124
CHAPTER 6. CONTEXT-AWARE ADDRESSING AND COMMUNICATION FOR PEOPLE, THINGS, AND SOFTWARE AGENTS......Page 146
CHAPTER 7. CONTEXT-AWARE SENSOR NETWORKS......Page 162
CHAPTER 8. CONTEXT-AWARE SECURITY......Page 178
CHAPTER 9. CONTEXT AWARENESS AND MIRROR-WORLD MODELS......Page 192
CHAPTER 10. CONSTRUCTING CONTEXT-AWARE PERVASIVE SYSTEMS: DECLARATIVE APPROACHES AND DESIGN PATTERNS......Page 208
CHAPTER 11. A FUTURE WITH AWARE SYSTEMS......Page 226
INDEX......Page 230
Back cover......Page 240