Self-Configurable Service Middleware for Pervasive Digital Home Environment

Abstract

Users will be able to access ubiquitously present appliances anywhere and anytime through pervasive digital home environment. For this, we need middleware that provides a high-level abstraction and self-configuration, and guarantees the interoperability among middleware. Further, it makes each appliance’s behavior context-aware, and supports a variety of adaptive behaviors. However, contemporary middlewares — HAVi, Jini, and UPnP — typically assume a static and welladministrated computing environment, and does not ensure interoperability with different middleware. This paper identifies self-configurable service middleware for the future pervasive digital home environment. It provides a desirable environment that supports adaptability and dynamic composability through appropriate high-level abstraction.