Plug-and-play application platform: towards mobile peer-to-peer

  • Authors:
  • Erkki Harjula;Mika Ylianttila;Jussi Ala-Kurikka;Jukka Riekki;Jaakko Sauvola

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Oulu, Finland;University of Oulu, Finland;University of Oulu, Finland;University of Oulu, Finland;University of Oulu, Finland

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 3rd international conference on Mobile and ubiquitous multimedia
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

While peer-to-peer (P2P) has emerged as a new hot communication concept among the Internet users, mobile usage of P2P applications is still taking its first steps. This article first elaborates the evolutionary process that P2P architectures are going through. Challenges and requirements for mobile P2P are then identified, followed by a definition of a novel Plug-and-Play Application Platform (PnPAP). This platform enables dynamic selections between diverse P2P and session management protocols while preserving the best available network connectivity through Holistic Connectivity (HCon) management. On-the-fly reconfiguration and run-time parameter optimization can be done with a lightweight interpretable state machine. The concept enables flexible and seamless communications for mobile devices in P2P networks.