Design of a real-time trader for mobile objects in open distributed environments

Advances in wireless communication and distributed computing will create a new computing environment where mobile objects can work in real-time over heterogeneous systems anywhere and at any time. In this environment, real-time traders which can perform trading services under timing constraints are required. In this paper we identify design issues of a real-time trader for mobile objects and investigate them. Our work focuses on the design of real-time trading mechanism, trading interfaces, and the interactions of interworking traders to provide real-time trading services for mobile clients and servers.