A Methodology to Developing Situation-Aware Pervasive Applications with Service Oriented Architecture

Abstract

Pervasive applications, like smart living, geriatrics care, agricultural development, etc, are rapidly developed recently. Situation-awareness and workflow-centric are important characteristics of the applications. Service-oriented architecture which provides flexibility in integrating heterogeneous devices and communication networks might improve the execution of pervasive applications. To integrate these techniques, we present an application model composed of a situation model, workflows, and required services for development of pervasive applications. A service-based framework supporting situation-awareness and workflow management is sketched to support execution of pervasive applications. This paper also presents the framework and its pervasive applications development. Finally, a case study is used for demonstration.