Context Aware Pervasive Systems: The Architecture of a New Breed of Applications

Aware systems are among the most exciting trends in computing today, fueled by recent developments in pervasive computing. Context Aware Pervasive Systems: The Architecture of a New Breed of Applications introduces a new breed of computer applications and provides architectural blueprints for building context-aware behavior into applications. It reviews the anatomy of context-aware pervasive applications including mobile services. It discusses the integration of context-aware computing with software agents and the Web. It explores the use of context-awareness for addressing and communications. This text also distills general design principles and a generic architecture for context-aware applications.