A pluggable service-to-service communication mechanism for VNA architecture

Author

Nakazawa, Jin ; Tobe, Yoshito ; Tokuda, Hideyuki

Author_Institution

Graduate Sch. of Media & Governance, Keio Univ., Kanagawa, Japan

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

459

Lastpage

460

Abstract

This paper proposes a middleware for home networks, called Virtual Networked Appliance (VNA) architecture, in which the service description method and the Service to Service (S2S) communication mechanism are separated in an orthogonal way. Through the separation, VNA architecture solved the following two problems of existing middleware technologies: aspect violation and middleware fragmentation. In this paper, we first clarify the two problems and their relationship. Then, we describe the proposed middleware architecture as a solution from the viewpoint of the overall configuration and the S2S communication mechanism.

Keywords

client-server systems; distributed object management; protocols; S2S communication mechanism; VNA architecture; aspect violation; home networks; middleware; middleware fragmentation; pluggable service-to-service communication mechanism; service description method; service to service communication mechanism; virtual networked appliance architecture; Access protocols; Computer architecture; Computer networks; Home appliances; Home automation; Home computing; Middleware; Programming profession; Timing; Usability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Distributed Computing Systems, 2002. Proceedings. 22nd International Conference on

ISSN

1063-6927

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1585-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICDCS.2002.1022290

Filename

1022290