Experiences of Using Generative Communications to Support AdaptiveMobile Applications

  • Authors:

  • Adrian Friday;Nigel Davies;Jochen Seitz;Matt Storey;Stephen P. Wade

  • Affiliations:

  • Distributed Multimedia Research Group, Computing Department, Lancaster University, Bailrigg, Lancaster, UK. adrian@comp.lancs.ac.uk;Distributed Multimedia Research Group, Computing Department, Lancaster University, Bailrigg, Lancaster, UK;Distributed Multimedia Research Group, Computing Department, Lancaster University, Bailrigg, Lancaster, UK;Distributed Multimedia Research Group, Computing Department, Lancaster University, Bailrigg, Lancaster, UK;Distributed Multimedia Research Group, Computing Department, Lancaster University, Bailrigg, Lancaster, UK

  • Venue:
  • Distributed and Parallel Databases - Special issue on mobile data management and applications
  • Year:
  • 1999

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Abstract

Attention has recently begun to focus on the use ofasynchronous paradigms to support adaptive mobile applications. Toinvestigate this issue the authors have developed an asynchronousdistributed systems platform based on the tuple space paradigm [19]coupled with extensions to support operation in mobile environments. This paper presents our experiences of developing and using thisplatform. The benefits of the tuple space approach are highlightedand we discuss in some detail the design, implementation andperformance of our platform. We subsequently focus on the criticalissues of the tuple space API and the level of support for adaptationwhich can be provided without compromising the elegance andsimplicity of the paradigm. The paper concludes with an analysis ofthe suitability of platforms based on the tuple space paradigm foruse in mobile environments.