Title: Mobile hosts in enterprise service integration

Authors: Satish Narayana Srirama, Matthias Jarke

Addresses: Information Systems and Databases Group, RWTH Aachen University, Ahornstr. 55, 52056 Aachen, Germany. ' Information Systems and Databases Group, RWTH Aachen University, Ahornstr. 55, 52056 Aachen, Germany; Fraunhofer FIT, Schloss Birlinghoven, 53754 Sankt Augustin, Germany

Abstract: Mobile data services in combination with profluent web services are seemingly the path-breaking domain in current information systems research. In the Mobile Web Service (MWS) sphere, resource-constrained mobile terminals are used as both web service clients and providers (mobile hosts). Mobile hosts enable seamless integration of user-specific services into the enterprise. This paper addresses several technical aspects of the MWS provisioning domain, such as providing proper Quality of Service (QoS), especially in terms of security and reasonable scalability, and discovery aspects of the huge number of services possible with each mobile host that provides some services. The paper also discusses the features, components and realisation details of our enterprise service-bus-technology-based integration framework, which ensures QoS and discovery of MWS and helps in providing a bird|s-eye view of the mobile enterprise.

Keywords: web services; mobile web services; MWSs; quality of service; QoS; security; discovery; JXTA; enterprise service bus; ESB; enterprise service integration; ESI; mobile hosts; mobile enterprise.

DOI: 10.1504/IJWET.2009.028620

International Journal of Web Engineering and Technology, 2009 Vol.5 No.2, pp.187 - 213

Published online: 21 Sep 2009 *

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