Wireless Middleware
Ken MacGregor, University of Cape Town, South
Africa
Nico de Wet, University of Cape Town, South
Africa
Bonnie Lam, University of Cape Town, South
Africa
Nadim Yazdani, University of Cape Town, South
Africa
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Abstract
Introduced in this chapter is wireless
middleware as a means of writing distributed applications for mobile
environments. The concepts of middleware and the additional challenges that
arise from wireless communications are introduced, in particular, low bandwidth
and unreliability. Then described are the commercial wireless products currently
available, with particular emphasis on the manner in which they solve
challenges. The authors hope that greater appreciation of the capabilities of
wireless middleware will enable future developers of applications for mobile
environments to produce more efficient systems and researchers to produce better
wireless middleware products.