Abstract
Service-oriented computing is the latest step in a progression of programming paradigms containing, among others, the object-oriented computing and component-oriented computing paradigms. The service-oriented computing paradigm is characterized by a minimalist philosophy, in that a user needs to carry only a small amount of code in its local storage, and exploits other services by discovering and using their capabilities to complete its assigned task. While the paradigm was born and reached a certain level of maturity in wired networks, we examine the imperatives for service-oriented computing in ad hoc wireless networks. An ad hoc wireless network is a dynamic environment by necessity, which exhibits transient interactions, decoupled computing, physical mobility of hosts, and logical mobility of code. The motivation for this chapter is to understand the imperatives for a viable service-oriented computing framework in ad hoc wireless settings.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Service-Oriented Software System Engineering |
| Subtitle of host publication | Challenges and Practices |
| Publisher | IGI Global |
| Pages | 247-269 |
| Number of pages | 23 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781591404286 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781591404262 |
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| State | Published - Jan 1 2004 |