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Third IEEE Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications (WMCSA'00)
Universal Inbox: providing extensible personal mobility and service mobility in an integrated communication network
Monterey, California
December 07-December 08
ISBN: 0-7695-0816-2
B. Raman, Div. of Comput. Sci., California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA
R.H. Katz, Div. of Comput. Sci., California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA
A.D. Joseph, Div. of Comput. Sci., California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA
Communication technology has been seeing rapid growth, characterized by new access networks (e.g. cellular, pager, wireless-IP) and end-devices (e.g. PDAs, two-way pagers, multi-model access devices). There have been several efforts at integrating services across such heterogeneity. However, little work has been done on identifying an underlying architecture for such an integration. We identify the requirements for this in the context of an integrated network with heterogeneous end-points. The Universal Inbox provides (a) generic data type transformation, (b) customizable redirection of incoming communication based on user preference profiles, and (c) device name mapping and translation. We present an architecture mapping these functionalities to reusable infrastructure components realized as Internet services. The unique feature of the architecture is its extensibility-it allows not only the integration of existing end-points but also extension in terms of the end-devices and novel services it can handle. We have implemented the Universal Inbox components in a test-bed setting, supporting a variety of devices and services: GSM cellular phones, voice-over-IP end-points, voice-mail, e-mail, instant messaging service, etc. With our architecture, building personal mobility and service mobility features and extending them to new end-points has been easy in concept and in implementation. The performance analyses with the initial implementation show that even the heavy-weight components can be scaled to accommodate a large user base.
Index Terms:
mobile communication; personal communication networks; telecommunication networks; telecommunication services; mobile computing; personal computing; Universal Inbox; extensible personal mobility; extensible service mobility; integrated communication network; access networks; end-devices; integrated service architecture; heterogeneous end-points; generic data type transformation; customizable communication redirection; user preference profiles; device name mapping; device name translation; reusable infrastructure components; Internet services; test-bed; GSM cellular phones; voice-over-IP; voice-mail; electronic mail; instant messaging service; performance analyses; scalability; user base
Citation:
B. Raman, R.H. Katz, A.D. Joseph, "Universal Inbox: providing extensible personal mobility and service mobility in an integrated communication network," wmcsa, pp.95, Third IEEE Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications (WMCSA'00), 2000
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