一种基于资源管理的视频服务器自适应QoS控制中间件

介绍了一种基于资源管理的视频服务器自适应QoS控制中间件,提出了“软”资源预留机制,提高了服务器资源管理的可靠性和准确性。在此基础上,提出了主动QoS调整机制。实验表明该中间件可以有效地确保系统QoS。     

WComp middleware for ubiquitous computing: Aspects and composite event-based Web services

After a survey of the specific features of ubiquitous computing applications and corresponding middleware requirements, we list the various paradigms used in the main middlewares for ubiquitous computing in the literature. We underline the lack of works introducing the use of the concept of Aspects in middleware dedicated to ubiquitous computing, in spite of them being used for middleware improvement in other domains. Then, we introduce our WComp middleware model, which federates three main paradigms: event-based Web services, a lightweight component-based approach to design dynamic composite services, and an adaptation approach using the original concept called Aspect of Assembly. These paradigms lead to two ways to dynamically design ubiquitous computing applications. The first implements a classical component-based compositional approach to design higher-level composite Web Services and then allow to increment the graph of cooperating services for the applications. This approach is well suited to design the applications in a known, common, and usual context. The second way uses a compositional approach for adaptation using Aspect of Assembly, particularly well-suited to tune a set of composite services in reaction to a particular variation of the context or changing preferences of the users. Having detailed Aspect of Assembly concept, we finally comment on results indicating the expressiveness and the performance of such an approach, showing empirically that principles of aspects and program integration can be used to facilitate the design of adaptive applications.     

Adaptive connectivity management middleware for heterogeneous wireless networks

The trends of network convergence and mobile accessibility in the Internet are bringing new challenges to the connectivity management of end hosts. Concerning network convergence, the configuration of heterogeneous access networks should be taken into consideration. As for mobile accessibility, seamless handoff between diverse access points is a challenging issue. This article presents the design and implementation of connectivity management middleware (CMM), a channel-based architecture for context-aware connectivity management. This architecture can both provide network awareness to applications and manage network resources in an adaptive fashion. In the case of network awareness, the platform provides interfaces for applications to query network QoS and availability status, as well as subscribe connection events. As for adaptive resource management, channel-based transport services for seamless access switching and disconnection treatment are provided based on a policy mechanism. A prototype is implemented with which experiments were performed in a GPRS-WLAN integrated environment in order to demonstrate the operational correctness of the architecture. Performance metrics are measured and analyzed.     

利用OGSA-DAI中间件整合异构数据库系统

0 引言 由于各政府部门、企业、行业协会的各业务系统使用的不同类型数据库和多样化的技术,造成数据源的异构性.本文主要研究利用OGSA-DAI中间件等技术把这些孤立的异构数据库中的数据进行有效的整合与集成,以便更好地进行数据的共享与处理.     

A ubiquitous mobile communication architecture for next-generation heterogeneous wireless systems

Rapid progress in research and development of wireless networking and communication technologies have created different types of wireless systems (e.g., Bluetooth, IEEE 802.11, UMTS, and satellite networks). These systems are envisioned to coordinate with each other to provide ubiquitous high-data-rate services to mobile users. In this article, the architecture for ubiquitous mobile communications (AMC) is introduced that integrates these heterogeneous wireless systems. AMC eliminates the need for direct service level agreements among service providers by using a third party, a network interoperating agent. Instead of deploying a totally new infrastructure, AMC extends the existing infrastructure to integrate heterogeneous wireless systems. It uses IP as the interconnection protocol. By using IP as the gluing protocol, transparency to the heterogeneities of the individual systems is achieved in AMC. Third-party-based authentication and billing algorithms are designed for AMC. New mobility management protocols are also developed to support seamless roaming between different wireless systems.     

Automatic censoring CFAR detector for heterogeneous environments

In radar detection, many constant false alarm rate (CFAR) processors have been proposed in the literature. It is well known that a processor is optimal only for one type of environment and that its detection performances are seriously degraded in presence of unknown irregularities. In such situations, the main difficulty resides in the estimation of the background configuration. That is, depending upon the non-homogeneity of the environment, one would choose the adequate optimal detection algorithm among a variety of known conventional ones that offer the best detection probability. Based on unknown transitions; i.e., in the presence of a priori unknown numbers of interfering targets and/or clutter edge, we propose an automatic censoring CFAR (AC-CFAR) detector for heterogeneous Gaussian clutter. The censoring technique used in this work offers a good discrimination between homogeneous and non-homogeneous environments. The proposed detector dynamically switches to the optimal conventional detector CA-, CMLD- or TM-CFAR. The performances of the proposed detector is evaluated and compared to existing detectors in various background situations. Monte Carlo simulations show that the AC-CFAR detector performs like the CA-CFAR in a homogeneous background. Moreover, the proposed detector exhibits considerable robustness in the presence of interfering targets and/or clutter-edge situations.     

APPN in heterogeneous environments

In this fifth article in the series on managing APPN networks we will discuss several examples of heterogeneous networking environments. Very few networks today, except for the smallest ones, are homogeneous in all aspects. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

基于XML的异构数据库集成中间件的研究

为了有效地利用信息资源,实现数据共享,提出了一个基于XML的异构数据库集成中间件的解决方案.着重阐述了该中间件的设计思路和各个模块的功能和实现过程.通过实现关系数据到XML数据的转化、集成,该中间件屏蔽了各个异构数据源的平台、系统环境、内部数据结构等方面的异构性,为用户提供了一个统一和透明的访问接口.     

CRUISE research activities toward ubiquitous intelligent sensing environments

Wireless sensor networks are expected to be one of the key enabling technologies in the near future. Ubiquitous intelligent sensing environments have a promising potential to enhance the everyday life of citizens, bringing important social benefits for each person and for society as a whole. Substantial research has contributed to progress in this field. However, there are still gaps to be filled. This article presents an overview of the Creating Ubiquitous Intelligent Sensing Environments (CRUISE) project and identifies challenges in the research on WSNs. It focuses on outlining the consortium?s vision and strategy for the evolution of research. Key issues for target sensor network applications and current research orientations in CRUISE are described. Future work within the project focus areas is identified.     

Peer-to-peer streaming in heterogeneous environments

Peer-to-peer overlay networks are comprised of different kinds of devices, from mobile phones to high-definition televisions. They differ in size, computational power, and Internet access. The design of any peer-to-peer system has to account for such heterogeneous environments. For example, in the context of content delivery systems, the content must be delivered reliably, on time, and in a format suitable for each peer.This work addresses the heterogeneity and reliability of peers in peer-to-peer streaming applications. It applies lessons learned from distributed hash tables (DHTs) by adopting a prefix-based overlay structure. The flexibility of its neighbor selection policy is exploited to make use of scalable coding and erasure coding schemes, bringing different kinds of peers together in a single overlay network. Thereby, each peer can select the appropriate number of scalable coding layers to obtain content in a suitable format. The prefix-based nature further allows efficient content distribution with low-delay, simple maintenance, strong connectivity, and quick adaption to changing conditions; making the proposed algorithms desirable for real-world use, for both peer-to-peer live and on-demand streaming.     

Trust management framework for intelligent agent negotiations in ubiquitous computing environments

In dynamic ubiquitous computing environments, system entities may be classified into two main categories that are, in principle, in conflict. These are the Service Resource Requestors (SRRs) wishing to use services and/or exploit resources offered by the other system entities and the Service Resource Providers (SRPs) that offer the services/resources requested. Seeking for the maximisation of their welfare, while achieving their own goals and aims, entities may misbehave (intentionally or unintentionally), thus, leading to a significant deterioration of system’s performance. In this study, a reputation mechanism is proposed which helps estimating SRPs trustworthiness and predicting their future behaviour, taking into account their past performance in consistently satisfying SRRs’ expectations. Thereafter, under the assumption that a number of SRPs may handle the SRRs requests, the SRRs may decide on the most appropriate SRP for the service/resource requested on the basis of a weighted combination of the evaluation of the quality of their offer (performance related factor) and of their reputation rating (reliability related factor). The proposed trust management framework is distributed, considers both first-hand information (acquired from the SRR’s direct past experiences with the SRPs) and second-hand information (disseminated from other SRRs’ past experiences with the SRPs), while it exhibits a robust behaviour against inaccurate reputation ratings. The designed mechanisms have been empirically evaluated simulating interactions among self-interested agents, exhibiting improved performance with respect to random SRP selection.     

浅议构件与中间件及在异构数据库方面的应用

介绍构件、中间件的概念、分类及技术特点,阐述了构件与中间件在异构数据库及电子商务方面的应用。     

QoS-aware routing in emerging heterogeneous wireless networks[Quality-of-Service-Based Routing Algorithms for Heterogeneous Networks]

The integration of different kinds of wireless mobile networks, or heterogeneous wireless networks (HWNs), is emerging. However, a systematic discussion with regard to the special requirements and the complexity of QoS-aware routing in such networks and how QoS is blended with routing is still largely missing. This article aims to cast some light on these aspects. Based on an analysis of the basic architecture of an emerging heterogeneous wireless network and its new requirements on QoS-aware routing, a policy-based QoS supporting system infrastructure and a QoS-aware routing algorithm called QRA are presented in this article. The presentation is specifically given to these issues and components that are unique to HWNs and its QoS routing. The evaluation results show the impact of different network parameters on the performance of QoS-aware routing in HWNs     

基于VDS的异构环境统一身份管理解决方案

为了解决异构网络环境中存在多种形式的身份信息整合问题,提出一种基于身份聚合和虚拟目录技术的统一身份解决方案,实现身份信息的统一管理,保障了身份信息的一致性,减少了维护管理,满足应用系统单点登录和安全审计等需求。尤其针对包含多分支机构集团的管理需求,实现了多分支机构身份信息的"分治"和企业级身份信息的"统治"。     

QoS-aware replica placement for data intensive applications

In recent years, with the rapid development of data intensive applications, data replication has become an enabling technology for the data grid to improve data availability, and reduce file transfer time and bandwidth consumption. The placement of replicas has been proven to be the most difficult problem that must be solved to realize the process of data replication. This paper addresses the quality of service （QoS） aware replica placement problem in data grid, and proposes a dynamic programming based replica placement algorithm that not only has a QoS requirement guarantee, but also can minimize the overall replication cost, including storage cost and communication cost. By simulation, experiments show that the replica placement algorithm outperforms an existing popular replica placement technique in data grid.     

QoS-aware computational method for IoT composite service

This paper integrated the quality of service (QoS) requirements of Internet of things (IoT) composite services, and put forward effective decomposition and optimization methods of the QoS metrics. The authors break down the complex QoS calculation model into four basic models, and each model is given a computational method. Combined with the QoS technology of the composite service, the authors adopt the algorithm to find the sub-optimal service with an acceptable cost under the QoS constraints. The proposed algorithm can quickly provide QoS computing services than other two algorithms for large-scale IoT compose services.     

Distributed self optimization techniques for heterogeneous network environments using active antenna tilt systems

Telecommunication Systems - Active antenna systems in 4G and upcoming 5G networks offer the ability to electronically steer an antenna beam in any desired direction. This unique feature makes them...