We present an analysis Trust Analysis Methodology for finding trust issues within pervasive computing systems. It is based on a systematic analysis of scenarios that describe the typical use of the pervasive system by using a Trust Analysis Grid. The Trust Analysis Grid is composed of eleven Trust Issue Categories that cover the various aspects of the concept of trust in pervasive computing sys...

Pervasive Computing refers to a seamless and invisible computing environment which provides dynamic, proactive and context-aware services to the user by acquiring context knowledge from the environment and composing available services. In this paper, we demonstrate how heterogeneous Web services can be made interoperable and used to support Pervasive Computing. We present an architecture how a ...

Pervasive computing aims to build an aggregated environment around a user by knitting diverse computing and communicating devices and software services into a single homogeneous unit. Our work is to develop a Pervasive computing framework which harnesses the power of Semantic Web and Web Services, facilitating the development of effective and intelligent Pervasive environments. This paper prese...

Pervasive Computing refers to a seamless and invisible computing environment which provides dynamic, proactive and context-aware services to the user by acquiring context knowledge from the environment and composing available services. In this paper, we demonstrate how heterogeneous Web services can be made interoperable and used to support Pervasive Computing. We present an architecture how a ...

This paper investigates the role of middleware in the various pervasive computing scenarios. Middleware can be used provide an important transparency or abstraction layer between applications and lower layers that actually implemention layer between applications and lower layers that actually implement the requested services. Middleware services include messaging, RCP, synchronization and unive...

Pervasive Computing Debugger (PCD) is a user level debugging tool for pervasive environments, which is important as it provides the ability to monitor changes that occur in a pervasive environment and identify problems that result from these changes, especially since a typical pervasive environment may consist of a large collection of systems, devices, and applications which make a user lost in...

o began Mark Weiser’s seminal 1991 paper [1] that described his vision of ubiquitous computing, now also called pervasive computing. The essence of that vision was the creation of environments saturated with computing and communication capability, yet gracefully integrated with human users. When articulated, this was a vision too far ahead of its time — the hardware technology needed to achieve...

This paper discusses possibilities of Bluetooth technology in pervasive computing environments. A model that utilises JiniTM and Bluetooth is proposed. Bluetooth can be handled as a wireless LAN solution as I have done in this paper. The paper is based on somewhat practical views rather than on abstractions. I also try to give a real-life case for Bluetooth and show, how Bluetooth can be used t...

The goal of human-centered, pervasive computing should be to hide the details of the computing environment, allowing users to concentrate on their goals, rather than on the direct management of devices. This paper describes a system that operates at the level of goals and plans, rather than individual resources. It adaptively selects from its plan library that plan which is likely to best achie...

It gives us a great pleasure to present you this special issue that contains the extended versions of selected papers 1 presented at the Sixth Annual IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom 2008) that 2 was held in Hong Kong, China, March 17–21, 2008. PerCom is a high-quality conference covering a broad spectrum of issues 3 in pervasive computing and comm...