Introduction of Ubiquitous Service Platform Project CUBIQ

Abstract

The CUBIQ (Cross UBIQuitous platform) project is a national R&D project in Japan for establishing a multi-domain context-aware service platform from 2008 to 2010. It involves setting up a common service platform environment on which many sensors, devices, mobile phones and actuators can be universally handled and connected to ubiquitous networks even in the autonomous distributed environment. Six companies and three universities are involved. All members work cooperatively on a framework for horizontal collaboration. A field trial with CUBIQ was conducted from Nov.-Dec. 2010 in Kashiwanoha, Japan to verify the effectiveness of the service platform and acceptability of context-aware services from the users’ points of view.