Research Article
U-Hopper: User-centric Heteogeneous Opportunistic Middleware
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/ICST.BIONETICS2007.2438, author={Iacopo Carreras and David Tacconi}, title={U-Hopper: User-centric Heteogeneous Opportunistic Middleware}, proceedings={1st International ICST Workshop on Technologies for Situated and Autonomic Communications}, proceedings_a={SAC}, year={2008}, month={8}, keywords={J2ME bluetooth middleware platform mobile phones opportunistic communications}, doi={10.4108/ICST.BIONETICS2007.2438} }- Iacopo Carreras
David Tacconi
Year: 2008
U-Hopper: User-centric Heteogeneous Opportunistic Middleware
SAC
IEEE
DOI: 10.4108/ICST.BIONETICS2007.2438
Abstract
This demonstration presents U-Hopper, a user-centric het- erogeneous opportunistic middleware specifically tailored to the diffusion of user centric information, such as contex- tual and entertainment data, in opportunistic environments. The proposed platform exploits proximity wireless interfaces available on most commercial mobile devices for disseminat- ing data among mobile users. Such diffusion if driven by the specific interests of mobile users, combined with the in- trinsic locality of data being generated in such pervasive en- vironments. The prototype is developed over java-enabled smartphones and relies on Bluetooth connectivity for achiev- ing proximity communications. In this paper, U-Hopper is described in all its functional components, together with the details of its software implementation.
