Publication
Context-aware Service Coordination for Mobile e-Health Applications
F. Bergenti; C. Caceresz; A. Fernandenz; N. Fröhlicha; H. Helin; Oliver Keller; A. Kinnunen; Matthias Klusch; H. Laamanen; A. Lopez; S. Ossowski; M. Schumacher
In: Proceedings of the First European Conference on eHealth. European Conference on eHealth (ECEH-2006), 1st, October 12-13, Fribourg, Switzerland, Pages 119-130, Lecture Notes in Informatics (LNI), Vol. 91, ISBN 978-3-88579-185-0, GI Edition, 2006.
Abstract
In this paper, we present a general architecture for service delivery and
coordination in intelligent peer-to-peer (IP2P) environments that has been
developed within the CASCOM research project. Our essential approach is an
innovative combination of agent technology, Semantic Web Services, peer-to-peer,
context-awareness, and mobile computing for intelligent peer-to-peer mobile
service environments. Services are provided by software agents exploiting the
coordination infrastructure to efficiently operate in highly dynamic environments.
Our infrastructure includes efficient communication means, support for contextaware
adaptation techniques, as well as dynamic service discovery and
composition planning. For end users, the architecture provides seamless access to
Semantic Web Services anytime, anywhere, and using any device. Our architecture
is being evaluated using a sample ad-hoc emergency healthcare assistance
application scenario. We deployed a prototype of an open IP2P service
environment and expect results on methods for service provision, discovery,
composition, and monitoring in mobile environments.