An Architecture for Next Generation Middleware

Blair, Gordon S.; Coulson, Geoff; Robin, Philippe; Papathomas, Michael

doi:10.1007/978-1-4471-1283-9_12

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“…Instead of reinventing the wheel, the NCB internal design employs two general approaches to self-management: parameterized [5,8,11,16] and compositional [1,4,12,13] adaptation. [3,13,15] are among the projects that we closely follow to incorporate some of their services inside NCB.…”

Section: Ncb As a Layer In Cvmmentioning

confidence: 99%

A user-centric network communication broker for multimedia collaborative computing

Zhang

Sadjadi

Sun

et al. 2009

Multimed Tools Appl

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Abstract-The development of collaborative multimedia applications today follows a vertical development approach, which is a major inhibitor that drives up the cost of development and slows down the pace of innovation of new generations of collaborative applications. In this paper, we propose a network communication broker (NCB) that provides a unified higherlevel abstraction that encapsulates the complexity of networklevel communication control and media delivery for the class of multimedia collaborative applications. NCB expedites the development of next-generation applications with diverse communication logics. Furthermore, NCB-based applications can be easily ported to new network environments. In addition, the self-managing design of NCB supports dynamic adaptation in response to changes in network conditions and user requirements.

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Section: Ncb As a Layer In Cvmmentioning

confidence: 99%

A user-centric network communication broker for multimedia collaborative computing

Zhang

Sadjadi

Sun

et al. 2009

Multimed Tools Appl

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“…Examples include OpenCorba [26], DynamicTAO [27] and OpenORB [28]. OpenCorba is a CORBA compliant ORB that uses reflection to expose and modify some internal characteristics of CORBA.…”

Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Comparative Analysis of Adaptive Middleware Architectures Based on Computational Reflection and Aspect Oriented Programming to Support Mobile Computing Applications

Costa

Strzykalski²,

Guy³

2006

IFIP the International Federation for Information Processing

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Abstract. Mobile computing applications are required to operate in environments in which the availability for resources and services may change significantly during system operation. As a result, mobile computing applications need to be capable of adapting to these changes to offer the best possible level of service to their users. However, traditional middleware is limited in its capability of adapting to environment changes and different users requirements. Computational Reflection and Aspect Oriented Programming paradigms have been used in the design and implementation of adaptive middleware architectures. In this paper, we propose two adaptive middleware architectures, one based on reflection and other based on aspects, which can be used to develop adaptive mobile applications. The reflection based architecture is compared to an aspect oriented based architecture from a quantitative perspective. The results suggest that middleware based on Aspect Oriented Programming can be used to build mobile adaptive applications that require less processor running time and more memory space than Comp utational Reflection while producing code that is easier to comprehend and modify.

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“…OpenORB [3,5] is a reflective middleware designed at Lancaster University. At load time, appropriate components are selected and composed as a middleware instance.…”

Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%