A Component-Based Platform for Accessing Context in Ubiquitous Computing Applications

Christophe Jacquet (1) , Yolaine Bourda (1) , Yacine Bellik (2)

1 SUPELEC-Campus Gif
2 LIMSI - Laboratoire d'Informatique pour la Mécanique et les Sciences de l'Ingénieur

Based upon a conceptual model for ubiquitous computing systems, this article presents a component-based platform for building context-aware applications. This platform introduces a high-level service to abstract context and to allow the rapid construction of dynamically reconfigurable applications. Moreover, the inputs and outputs of context components benefit from a strong typing, which permits design- time checks that can detect specification mistakes. At the end of the article, we introduce an implementation for this platform.

Keywords: Ambient Intelligent; Context-Aware Computing; Ubiquitous Computing; Sensor Fusion; Middleware

Domains: Ubiquitous Computing; Software Engineering [cs.SE]

Christophe Jacquet, Yolaine Bourda, Yacine Bellik. A Component-Based Platform for Accessing Context in Ubiquitous Computing Applications. Journal of Ubiquitous Computing and Intelligence, 2007, 1 (2), pp.163-173. ⟨hal-00261207⟩