Towards a Service-Oriented Architecture

Abstract

Although hardware and networking infrastructures have evolved over the years and people are able to connect their devices to mobile networks and exchange information, we argue that the missing glue to enable the true potential of mobile information systems lies in the seamless integration of wireless infrastructures with existing wired infrastructures. In our paper, we present the service-oriented middleware Asomnia, which adapts traditional service-oriented concepts in order to cope with requirements arising from mobile computing challenges.

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