The 3DMA middleware for mobile applications

Abstract

Research in mobile devices have received extensive interest in recent years. Mobility raises new issues such as more dynamic context, limited computing resources, and frequent disconnections. To handle these issues, we propose a middleware, called 3DMA, which addresses three requirements: 1) decomposition, 2) distribution and 3) decoupling. 3DMA uses a space based approach combined with a set of "workers" which are able to act on the users behalf either to reduce load on the mobile device, or to support disconnected behavior. In order to demonstrate aspects of the middleware architecture we consider the development of a mobile application. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2004.