Title:
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EMBEDDED-INTERNET DEVICES: A MEANS OF REALISING THE PERVASIVE COMPUTING VISION |
Author(s):
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Jeannette Shiaw-yuan Chin , Vic Callaghan |
ISBN:
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972-98947-1-X |
Editors:
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Pedro Isaías and Nitya Karmakar |
Year:
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2003 |
Edition:
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2 |
Keywords:
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Embedded-Internet,
wireless-Internet,
Internet-appliances, pervasive computing, ubiquitous computing . |
Type:
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Short Paper |
First Page:
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869 |
Last Page:
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872 |
Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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This paper explores the feasibility of applying newly emerging low-cost embedded-Internet devices in support of pervasive computing; a new vision whereby domestic appliances are provided with Internet connections enabling them to be accessed and controlled from anywhere, anytime, via any web based interface. The principal challenges addressed by this work were how to design an embedded-Internet computing architecture that supported appliance control, multimode heterogeneous clients interfacing and mixed wired and wireless communication. We present a generic architectural solution for the design of Internet appliances. We show how this can be realised by describing a practical implementation based around a novel, botanical plant care embedded-Internet appliance. In this the server-side utilised a Dallas Semiconductors TINI
embedded-Internet device, as this product typified the available
off-the-shelf technology. The client side was based around PCs, PDAs and mobile phones using Web and WAP interfaces. The communication mediums were
wired-IP, WiFi and Bluetooth. The choice of these technologies was driven by their widespread public use which is leading them to become the de-facto standards in this area. From this work we show that it is feasible to use the new generation of low-cost embedded-Internet devices, with minimal development facilities, to quickly create interesting
high-tech applications for the new ranges of Internet products that are envisaged by the pervasive computing vision. |
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