Design of a flexible and Service-Aware Middleware over pervasive environments

Abstract

The middleware for pervasive computing assists mobile user and service provider to transparently access heterogeneous services. This paper proposes a Service-Aware Middleware based on pervasive computing environment (PSAM). PSAM extends IETF Service Location Protocol (SLP) and Mesh-enhanced Service Location Protocol (mSLP) to provide scalable pervasive services. This paper also proposes a novel Service Plug-and-Play control procedure, which works as hardware Plug-and-Play service for legal users to provide flexible network application services over accessible heterogeneous service domains. The proposed mSLP provides users easily to access network services using consumer electronics devices.