?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Adapting+asynchronous+messaging+middleware+to+ad+hoc+networking&rft.creator=Musolesi%2C+M.&rft.creator=Mascolo%2C+C.&rft.creator=Hailes%2C+S.&rft.description=The+characteristics+of+mobile+environments%2C+with+the+possibility+of+frequent+disconnections+and+fluctuating+bandwidth%2C+have+forced+a+rethink+of+traditional+middleware.+In+particular%2C+the+synchronous+communication+paradigms+often+employed+in+standard+middleware+do+not+appear+to+be+particularly+suited+to+ad+hoc+environments%2C+in+which+not+even+the+intermittent+availability+of+a+backbone+network+can+be+assumed.+Instead%2C+asynchronous+communication+seems+to+be+a+generally+more+suitable+paradigm+for+such+environments.+Message+oriented+middleware+for+traditional+systems+has+been+developed+and+used+to+provide+an+asynchronous+paradigm+of+communication+for+distributed+systems%2C+and%2C+recently%2C+also+for+some+specific+mobile+computing+systems.%0D%0A%0D%0AIn+this+paper%2C+we+present+our+experience+in+designing%2C+implementing+and+evaluating+EMMA+(Epidemic+Messaging+Middleware+for+Ad+hoc+networks)%2C+an+adaptation+of+Java+Message+Service+(JMS)+for+mobile+ad+hoc+environments.+We+discuss+in+detail+the+design+challenges+and+some+possible+solutions%2C+showing+a+concrete+example+of+the+feasibility+and+suitability+of+the+application+of+the+asynchronous+paradigm+in+this+setting+and+outlining+a+research+roadmap+for+the+coming+years.&rft.subject=context%2C+epidemic+protocol%2C+message+oriented+middleware%2C+middleware+for+mobile+computing%2C+mobile+ad+hoc+networks&rft.publisher=ACM+Press&rft.date=2004-10&rft.type=Proceedings+paper&rft.language=eng&rft.source=+++++In%3A++Proceedings+of+the+2nd+International+Workshop+on+Middleware+for+Pervasive+and+Ad-Hoc+Computing.+In+Middleware+2004+Companion+Proceedings.++(pp.+pp.+121-126).++ACM+Press%3A+New+York%2C+NY%2C+USA.+(2004)+++++&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F809%2F1%2F6.9_mwworkmirco04.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F809%2F&rft.rights=open