Middleware for Communications

Zusatztext "The book addresses telecommunications workers! developers! middleware researchers! software engineers! and software architects." (IT Professional! July/August 2004) Informationen zum Autor Qusay H. Mahmoud is an independent contractor for Sun Microsystems. He has written several articles for the Java Developer Connection that cover J2ME, including the MIDP and the CLDC APIs. He has also presented tutorials on developing wireless applications at a number of international conferences worldwide. Klappentext A state-of-the-art guide to middleware technologies, and their pivotal role in communications networks. Middleware is about integration and interoperability of applications and services running on heterogeneous computing and communications devices. The services it provides - including identification, authentication, authorization, soft-switching, certification and security - are used in a vast range of global appliances and systems, from smart cards and wireless devices to mobile services and e-Commerce. Qusay H. Mahmoud has created an invaluable reference tool that explores the origins and current uses of middleware (highlighting the importance of such technologies as CORBA, J2EE and JMS) and has thus compiled the roadmap to future research in this area. Middleware for Communications : discusses the emerging fields of Peer-to-Peer (P2P) and grid middleware detailing middleware platforms such as JXTA and the Globus middleware toolkit. shows how Middleware will play a significant role in mobile computing. presents a Platform Supporting Mobile Applications (PLASMA) - a middleware platform that consists of components for location, event, and profile handling of Location-Based Services. introduces middleware security focusing on the appropriate aspects of CORBA, J2EE, and .NET and demonstrates how to realize complex security capabilities such as role-based access control (RBAC) and mandatory access control (MAC). discusses how Quality of Service (QoS) component middleware can be combined with Model Driven Architecture (MDA) technologies to rapidly develop, generate, assemble and deploy flexible communications applications. This incomparable overview of middleware for communications is suitable for graduate students and researchers in communications and computing departments. It is also an authoritative guide for engineers and developers working on distributed systems, mobile computing and networked appliances. Zusammenfassung Middleware has had a successful history in the computing industry and recently this approach has been taken by the telecommunications industry to address some major architectural issues.Providing the latest developments in middleware, this detailed reference tool compiles the most up-to-date knowledge of middleware's applications in the communications industry from the world's leading researchers in the field.* This definitive reference provides comprehensive coverage of the effect that the latest developments in middleware will have upon telecommunications.* Covers cutting edge research on RMI, CORBA, J2EE, and related areas (middleware for smart cards and mobile computing).* Provides a roadmap to future research.This valuable resource is ideal for those working in telecommunications wishing to stay ahead of the developments in this dynamic industry. It will also be highly relevan t to researchers in the area of middleware, developers, software engineers and software architects. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface. List of Contributors. Introduction. 1. Message-Oriented Middleware (E. Curry). 2. Adaptive and Reflective Middleware (E. Curry). 3. Transaction Middleware (S. Tai, et al .). 4. Peer-to-Peer Middleware (M. Junginger). 5. Grid Middleware (G. von Laszewski & K. Amin). 6. QoS-enabled Middleware (N. Wang, et al<...

List of contents

Preface.
 
List of Contributors.
 
Introduction.
 
1. Message-Oriented Middleware (E. Curry).
 
2. Adaptive and Reflective Middleware (E. Curry).
 
3. Transaction Middleware (S. Tai, et al.).
 
4. Peer-to-Peer Middleware (M. Junginger).
 
5. Grid Middleware (G. von Laszewski & K. Amin).
 
6. QoS-enabled Middleware (N. Wang, et al.).
 
7. Model Driven Middleware (A. Gokhale, et al.).
 
8. High Performance Middleware-Based Systems (S. Majumdar).
 
9. Concepts and Capabilities of Middleware Security (S. Demurjian, et al.).
 
10. Middleware for Scalable Data Dissemination (P. Chrysanthis, et al.).
 
11. Principles of Mobile Computing Middleware (C. Mascolo, et al.).
 
12. Application of Middleware Technologies to Mobile Enterprise Information Services (G. Wang, et al.).
 
13. Middleware for Location-based Services: Design and Implementation Issues (P. Langendörfer, et al.).
 
14. QoS-enabled Middleware for MPEG Video Streaming (K. Leung, et al.).
 
15. Middleware for Smart Cards (H. Vogt, et al.).
 
16. Application-Oriented Middleware for E-Commerce (J. Martínez, et al.).
 
17. Real-time CORBA Middleware (A. Krishna, et al.).
 
18. Middleware Support for Fault Tolerance (D. Szentiványi & S. Nadjm-Tehrani).
 
Index.

About the author

Qusay H. Mahmoud is an independent contractor for Sun Microsystems. He has written several articles for the Java Developer Connection that cover J2ME, including the MIDP and the CLDC APIs. He has also presented tutorials on developing wireless applications at a number of international conferences worldwide.

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"The book addresses telecommunications workers, developers, middleware researchers, software engineers, and software architects." ( IT Professional , July/August 2004)

Product details

• Authors: MAHMOUD, Qh Mahmoud, Qusay Mahmoud, Qusay (University of Guelph) Mahmoud, Qusay H. Mahmoud, MAHMOUD QUSAY H
• Assisted by: Qusay Mahmoud (Editor), Qusay H. Mahmoud (Editor)
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.06.2004
• EAN: 9780470862063
• ISBN: 978-0-470-86206-3
• No. of pages: 522
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Electronics, electrical engineering, communications engineering; Kommunikationsnetze, Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Elektrotechnik u. Elektronik, Communication Technology - Networks, Kommunikationsnetz