Architecture for Location Independent CORBA Environments
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Raymond Cunningham, 'Architecture for Location Independent CORBA Environments', [thesis], Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Computer Science & Statistics, 1998.Download Item:
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Abstract:
The construction of distributed applications is a complex and time consuming task, which
has been addressed by the Object Management Group's Common Object Request Broker
Architecture. However implementations of this standard are typically designed for
stationary hosts connected to a fixed network and do not take into account the problems
associated with mobile computing. These problems include limited processing resources
on the mobile host and the use of unreliable and low-bandwidth wireless networks.
A full CORBA implementation is unsuitable for use on mobile hosts, such as
laptops and personal digital assistants, since it is too resource intensive. It is however
desirable for mobile hosts to be able to interopate with existing CORBA applications
while simultaneously taking advantage of mobility.
This dissertation describes the design and implementation of a collection of
components suitable for building applications, which are capable of interoperating with
CORBA implementations and which are suitable for mobile hosts. The collection of
components allows an application to act as a client or as a server in a CORBA context.
The implementation was carried out on Windows NT and Solaris using C and
C++, Windows and Unix Sockets are used for network communication.
Author: Cunningham, Raymond
Advisor:
Cahill, VinnyQualification name:
Master in Science (M.Sc.)Type of material:
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