eprintid: 809 rev_number: 6 eprint_status: archive userid: 1 dir: disk0/00/00/08/09 datestamp: 2005-07-25 12:00:00 lastmod: 2015-07-23 09:33:11 status_changed: 2008-01-09 13:23:04 type: proceedings_section metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Musolesi, M. creators_name: Mascolo, C. creators_name: Hailes, S. creators_id: MMUSO05 creators_id: CMASC17 creators_id: title: Adapting asynchronous messaging middleware to ad hoc networking ispublished: pub subjects: 8000 keywords: context, epidemic protocol, message oriented middleware, middleware for mobile computing, mobile ad hoc networks abstract: The characteristics of mobile environments, with the possibility of frequent disconnections and fluctuating bandwidth, have forced a rethink of traditional middleware. In particular, the synchronous communication paradigms often employed in standard middleware do not appear to be particularly suited to ad hoc environments, in which not even the intermittent availability of a backbone network can be assumed. Instead, 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, and, recently, also for some specific mobile computing systems. In this paper, we present our experience in designing, implementing and evaluating EMMA (Epidemic Messaging Middleware for Ad hoc networks), an adaptation of Java Message Service (JMS) for mobile ad hoc environments. We discuss in detail the design challenges and some possible solutions, 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. date: 2004-10 date_type: published publisher: ACM Press official_url: http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1028509.1028513 oa_status: green language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green doi: 10.1145/1028509.1028513 lyricists_name: Musolesi, M lyricists_name: Mascolo, C lyricists_id: MMUSO05 lyricists_id: CMASC17 full_text_status: public place_of_pub: New York, NY, USA pagerange: 121-126 refereed: TRUE isbn: 1581139519 book_title: Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Middleware for Pervasive and Ad-Hoc Computing. In Middleware 2004 Companion Proceedings citation: Musolesi, M.; Mascolo, C.; Hailes, S.; (2004) Adapting asynchronous messaging middleware to ad hoc networking. In: 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: New York, NY, USA. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/809/1/6.9_mwworkmirco04.pdf