An InfoSpace Paradigm for Local and ad hoc Peer-to-Peer Communication

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Authors

  • Jürgen Brehm
  • George Brancovici
  • Christian Müller-Schloer
  • Tarek Smaoui
  • S. Voigt
  • Ralph Welge

A key feature of ubiquitous handheld devices will be their simple usability in mobile and highly dynamic ad-hoc peer-to-peer environments. With LINDA, JAVASPACES and TSPACES, shared memory-based communication concepts have been realized on the system level with corresponding APIs. This article proposes to consequently use the same simple communication paradigm also on the user interface level. In this paper we examine existing basic technologies, analyze typical application scenarios and the underlying communication patterns. We discuss in detail, how these patterns can be realized with the InfoSpace mechanism which offers to each user a private local space and a view on a common space shared between all participants. Finally we show an architecture which realizes the InfoSpace infrastructure and report on first experience with a JXTA-based solution.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) : On The Move to Meaningful Internet Systems 2003: CoopIS, DOA, and ODBASE
EditorsRobert Meersman, Zahir Tari, Douglas C. Schmidt
Number of pages19
Volume2888
Place of PublicationBerlin
PublisherSpringer
Publication date01.01.2003
Pages282-300
ISBN (print)3-540-20498-9, 9783540399643
ISBN (electronic)978-3-540-39964-3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 01.01.2003

    Research areas

  • Informatics - Interaction Pattern, Local Storage, Usage Scenario, Local Space, Local View