RESTful Dynamic Framework for Services in Mobile Wireless Networks

Recent advances in mobile wireless networks allow handheld devices, such as smart phones, pocket PCs, to connect to the Internet and use the distributed applications conveniently. And the model of software as a service enables the handheld devices to use the applications which previously run on PCs or servers. However, the mobile wireless environment is dynamic and resource-limited. It needs an efficient service supporting mechanism to keep continuous services for those devices. In this paper, we presented a dynamic service management framework for web services in mobile wireless networks. It adopts the architecture style of Representation State Transfer (REST) and supports the dynamic service discovery and adaptive service invocation. It is suitable for dynamic services access through the handheld devices. The case study illustrated that our framework can support the service subscribers to get sustaining and dynamic services.