Aspect-Oriented Reconfigurable Middleware for Pervasive Systems

One of the main features of pervasive computing systems is their need to be dynamically reconfigured in order to properly adapt to the continuous changes in their environment conditions (context). An appropriate solution to provide reconfigurability is Aspect-Oriented Software Development, which allows that optional functionalities can be enabled/disabled and services can be replaced with lighter implementations which are less resource consuming. The primary aim of this work is the definition and implementation of an aspect-oriented middleware architecture to dynamically reconfigure pervasive computing systems. Our middleware will provide support for the context-aware, efficient, consistent and homogeneous reconfiguration of middleware and application services. Other requirements of pervasive computing systems such as mobility, fault tolerance and service distribution will also be addressed.