When peer-to-peer comes face-to-face: collaborative peer-to-peer computing in mobile ad-hoc networks

Author

Kortuem, Gerd ; Schneider, Jay ; Preuitt, Dustin ; Thompson, Thaddeus G C ; Fickas, Stephen ; Segall, Zary

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., Oregon Univ., Eugene, OR, USA

fYear

2001

fDate

37104

Firstpage

75

Lastpage

91

Abstract

This paper motivates and describes the notion of mobile ad-hoc information systems. Such a system consists of a decentralized and self-organizing network of autonomous, mobile devices that interact as peers. Connectivity is determined by distance between devices; as hosts change their physical location they establish pair-wise communication links based on mutual proximity. We describe application scenarios for mobile ad-hoc information systems and identify technical challenges of a generic software infrastructure. Moreover, we present the goals and architecture of Proem, a peer-to-peer system and development platform for mobile ad-hoc applications. Proem has successfully been used as instructional tool in an advanced software engineering course on peer-to-peer computing

Keywords

groupware; mobile computing; network topology; personal communication networks; software engineering; Proem; ad hoc collaboration; decentralized architecture; face-to-face collaboration; mobile computing; mobile groupware; peer-to-peer computing; personal area networks; self-organizing network; Application software; Collaboration; Information systems; Intelligent networks; Mobile ad hoc networks; Mobile communication; Mobile computing; Peer to peer computing; Personal area networks; Wearable computers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Peer-to-Peer Computing, 2001. Proceedings. First International Conference on

Conference_Location

Linkoping

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1503-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/P2P.2001.990429

Filename

990429