The structuring of systems using upcalls
Proceedings of the tenth ACM symposium on Operating systems principles
Middleware Design Issues for Application Management in Heterogeneous Networks
ICON '00 Proceedings of the 8th IEEE International Conference on Networks
AN ARGUMENT FOR SOFT LAYERING OF PROTOCOLS
AN ARGUMENT FOR SOFT LAYERING OF PROTOCOLS
Cross-layer design in 4G wireless terminals
IEEE Wireless Communications
Adaptive connectivity management middleware for heterogeneous wireless networks
IEEE Wireless Communications
A control-based middleware framework for quality-of-service adaptations
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
Internet protocol performance over networks with wireless links
IEEE Network: The Magazine of Global Internetworking
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This paper presents a middleware platform approach to provide Cross-layer Signaling and Network Event Notification mechanisms for network-aware applications. Because a mobile device may be equipped with multiple network interfaces to attach different network as it moves, a network-aware application running on the mobile device must react promptly to the changes of network environment. In order for the applications to detect network changes, the proposed middleware platform provides APIs for setting up network configuration and acquiring low-layer statuses. Therefore, an application can detect network changes promptly via Network Event Notification mechanism. We also use two networkaware applications, namely a Mobility Manager and a Modified Kphone, as examples to demonstrate the effectiveness of our middleware platform.