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The beginning of the twenty-first century is characterized by global markets, and the mobility of people is becoming an important fact of life. Consequently, the mobile user is demanding appropriate technical solutions to make use of customized information and communication services. In this context the notion of next-generation networks (NGNs), which are driven by the convergence of the entertainment sector, the mobile Internet, and fixed/mobile telecommunications, is emerging. Such NGNs are aggregating a variety of different access networks and supporting the seamless connection of an open set of end-user devices, and due to the adoption of an all-IP network paradigm they enable a much better integration of voice and data services. Coincidently the buzzword ‘fixed mobile convergence’ (FMC) describes the current trend towards providing common services across fixed and mobile networks resulting in the medium term in the full integration of fixed and mobile telecommunication networks. The adoption of appropriate middleware technologies and the provision of - called service delivery platforms driven by the ongoing innovation in the field of information technologies provides today the technical foundation for supporting terminal, personal and service mobility and thus the implementation of real seamless information and communication services. Furthermore, users are nowadays looking, in light of an omnipresent service environment, for a much higher degree of customization and context awareness in the services they use. The papers in this volume look at these enabling mobility-aware technologies and their use for implementing mobility-aware and context-aware applications.

Computers. --- Computer communication systems. --- Application software. --- Information storage and retrieval. --- Multimedia information systems. --- User interfaces (Computer systems). --- Theory of Computation. --- Computer Communication Networks. --- Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet). --- Information Storage and Retrieval. --- Multimedia Information Systems. --- User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction. --- Wireless communication systems --- Web servers --- Mobile agents (Computer software)

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The beginning of the twenty-first century is characterized by global markets, and the mobility of people is becoming an important fact of life. Consequently, the mobile user is demanding appropriate technical solutions to make use of customized information and communication services. In this context the notion of next-generation networks (NGNs), which are driven by the convergence of the entertainment sector, the mobile Internet, and fixed/mobile telecommunications, is emerging. Such NGNs are aggregating a variety of different access networks and supporting the seamless connection of an open set of end-user devices, and due to the adoption of an all-IP network paradigm they enable a much better integration of voice and data services. Coincidently the buzzword ‘fixed mobile convergence’ (FMC) describes the current trend towards providing common services across fixed and mobile networks resulting in the medium term in the full integration of fixed and mobile telecommunication networks. The adoption of appropriate middleware technologies and the provision of - called service delivery platforms driven by the ongoing innovation in the field of information technologies provides today the technical foundation for supporting terminal, personal and service mobility and thus the implementation of real seamless information and communication services. Furthermore, users are nowadays looking, in light of an omnipresent service environment, for a much higher degree of customization and context awareness in the services they use. The papers in this volume look at these enabling mobility-aware technologies and their use for implementing mobility-aware and context-aware applications.

Computers. --- Computer communication systems. --- Application software. --- Information storage and retrieval. --- Multimedia information systems. --- User interfaces (Computer systems). --- Theory of Computation. --- Computer Communication Networks. --- Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet). --- Information Storage and Retrieval. --- Multimedia Information Systems. --- User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction. --- Wireless communication systems --- Web servers --- Mobile agents (Computer software)

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This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on MOBILe Wireless MiddleWARE, Mobilware 2009, held in Berlin, Germany, in April 2009. The 29 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 63 contributions. The papers are organized in topical sections on location and tracking supports and services; Location-aware and context-aware mobile support and services. middleware for QoS awareness, adaptation, and fault-tolerance of mobile services; mobility-aware wireless service discovery, management, and delivery; middleware for mobile computing & Intelligent and mobile agent technologies for mobile systems and services; OS/middleware for embedded systems, wearable networks, and personal area networks; mobility management and handoff management in heterogeneous networks.

Middleware. --- Mobile computing -- Congresses. --- Mobile computing. --- Wireless communication systems. --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Computer Science --- Mobile computing --- Middleware --- Wireless communication systems --- Computer science. --- Computer communication systems. --- Special purpose computers. --- Software engineering. --- Computers. --- Computer engineering. --- Computer Science. --- Computer Communication Networks. --- Computer Engineering. --- Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet). --- Information Systems and Communication Service. --- Software Engineering. --- Special Purpose and Application-Based Systems. --- Computer software --- Information systems. --- Computer software engineering --- Engineering --- Application software. --- Special purpose computers --- Computers --- Automatic computers --- Automatic data processors --- Computer hardware --- Computing machines (Computers) --- Electronic brains --- Electronic calculating-machines --- Electronic computers --- Hardware, Computer --- Computer systems --- Cybernetics --- Machine theory --- Calculators --- Cyberspace --- Application computer programs --- Application computer software --- Applications software --- Apps (Computer software) --- Communication systems, Computer --- Computer communication systems --- Data networks, Computer --- ECNs (Electronic communication networks) --- Electronic communication networks --- Networks, Computer --- Teleprocessing networks --- Data transmission systems --- Digital communications --- Electronic systems --- Information networks --- Telecommunication --- Cyberinfrastructure --- Electronic data processing --- Network computers --- Design and construction --- Distributed processing

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In the telecom world, services have usually been conceived with a specific mindset. This mindset has defined the  traditional characteristics of these services; services distinguished by their linkage with the access network, tight control over service use (e.g., authentication, billing),  lack of deep personalization capabilities (mass services only) and reliance on standardization to achieve end-to-end interoperability between all the actors of the value chain (e.g., operators, platform manufacturers, device manufactures). This book offers insights into this complex but exciting world of telecommunications characterized by constant evolution, and approaches it from technology as well as business perspectives. The book is appropriately structured in three parts: (a) an overview of the state-of-the-art in fixed/mobile NGN and standardization activities; (b) an analysis of the competitive landscape between operators, device manufactures and OTT providers, emphasizing why network operators are challenged on their home turf; and (c) opportunities for business modeling and innovative telecom service offers.

Information retrieval --- Complex analysis --- Computer science --- Computer architecture. Operating systems --- Information systems --- Artificial intelligence. Robotics. Simulation. Graphics --- Computer. Automation --- IR (information retrieval) --- complexe analyse (wiskunde) --- bedrijfssoftware --- mobiele netwerken --- computers --- informatiesystemen --- software engineering --- KI (kunstmatige intelligentie) --- computernetwerken --- computerkunde --- robots --- AI (artificiële intelligentie)

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Telecommunication --- Intelligent agents (Computer software) --- Mobile agents (Computer software) --- Telecommunications --- Electrical & Computer Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Computer programs --- Agents, Mobile (Computer software) --- Mobile Internet agents (Computer software) --- Electric communication --- Mass communication --- Telecom --- Telecommunication industry --- Engineering. --- Computer communication systems. --- Software engineering. --- Operating systems (Computers). --- Information storage and retrieval. --- Artificial intelligence. --- Electrical engineering. --- Communications Engineering, Networks. --- Computer Communication Networks. --- Software Engineering. --- Operating Systems. --- Information Storage and Retrieval. --- Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics). --- Communication --- Information theory --- Telecommuting --- Telecommunication. --- Information storage and retrieva. --- Artificial Intelligence. --- AI (Artificial intelligence) --- Artificial thinking --- Electronic brains --- Intellectronics --- Intelligence, Artificial --- Intelligent machines --- Machine intelligence --- Thinking, Artificial --- Bionics --- Cognitive science --- Digital computer simulation --- Electronic data processing --- Logic machines --- Machine theory --- Self-organizing systems --- Simulation methods --- Fifth generation computers --- Neural computers --- Computer operating systems --- Computers --- Disk operating systems --- Systems software --- Computer software engineering --- Engineering --- Operating systems --- Information storage and retrieval systems. --- Automatic data storage --- Automatic information retrieval --- Automation in documentation --- Computer-based information systems --- Data processing systems --- Data storage and retrieval systems --- Discovery systems, Information --- Information discovery systems --- Information processing systems --- Information retrieval systems --- Machine data storage and retrieval --- Mechanized information storage and retrieval systems --- Computer systems --- Electronic information resources --- Data libraries --- Digital libraries --- Information organization --- Information retrieval --- Communication systems, Computer --- Computer communication systems --- Data networks, Computer --- ECNs (Electronic communication networks) --- Electronic communication networks --- Networks, Computer --- Teleprocessing networks --- Data transmission systems --- Digital communications --- Electronic systems --- Information networks --- Cyberinfrastructure --- Network computers --- Electric engineering --- Distributed processing --- Computer networks. --- Operating systems (Computers)