JION: A JavaSpaces Implementation for Opportunistic Networks

Abdulkader Benchi (1) , Pascale Launay (1) , Frédéric Guidec (1)

1 CASA - Disruption-Tolerant Networking & Computing

Disconnected mobile ad hoc networks (or D-MANETs) are partially or intermittently connected wireless networks, in which continuous end-to-end connectivity between mobile nodes is not guaranteed. The ability to self-form and self-manage brings great opportunities for D-MANETs, but developing distributed applications capable of running in such networks remains a major challenge. A middleware system is thus needed between network level and application level in order to ease application development, and help developers take advantage of D-MANETs' unique features. In this paper, we introduce JION (JavaSpaces Implementation for Opportunistic Networks), a coordination middleware specifically designed for D-MANETs, and with which pre-existing or new JavaSpaces-based applications can be easily deployed in such networks.

Mots clés: peer-to-peer computing; opportunistic networking; D-MANETs; coordination middleware; JavaSpaces

Domaines: Informatique mobile

Abdulkader Benchi, Pascale Launay, Frédéric Guidec. JION: A JavaSpaces Implementation for Opportunistic Networks. The Fourth International Conference on Future Computational Technologies and Applications, Jul 2012, Nice, France. pp.49-54. ⟨hal-00763351⟩