Embedded Interactive Systems (EIS), Computing Department, Lancaster University

Programming the Ubiquitous Network: A Top-Down Approach

A ubiquitous network is characterised by a large number of small computers embedded in our environment. Writing distributed applications for this kind of network can be a challenging task. Programming and re-programming each single device is not feasible; it is too time consuming, too costly and too error prone. We argue that a top-down approach to writing applications is useful. We propose a highlevel language that can specify a ubiquitous network’s global behaviour. A compiler can automatically generate device-level executables from this global specification.

PDF Icon, BibTeX, [Abstract]. Urs Bischoff, Gerd Kortuem. "Programming the Ubiquitous Network: A Top-Down Approach". In Proceedings of the Workshop on System Support for Ubiquitous Computing, at the 8th Annual Conference on Ubiquitous Computing (Ubicomp 2006), Orange County California, September 17-21, 2006