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Towards policy driven self-configuration of user-centric communication

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Paola Boettner,

Andrew A. AllenAuthors Info & Claims

ACMSE '09: Proceedings of the 47th annual ACM Southeast Conference

Article No.: 35, Pages 1 - 6

https://doi.org/10.1145/1566445.1566493

Published: 19 March 2009 Publication History

Abstract

The convergence of various multimedia communications that includes voice, video and data presents many opportunities for enabling unified communication but paradoxically leads to inefficiencies for the user as the communication may become complex. Model driven technologies such as the Communication Virtual Machine (CVM) propose to reduce such complexity through the use of models to define a user's communication needs. The CVM was extended to utilize multiple common-off-the-self (COTS) communication APIs such as Skype and Smack which we refer to as communication frameworks, to promote service and network independence. However, the user's current priorities and context play no role in the use and configuration of these frameworks.

In this paper we introduce the notion of policy driven self-configuration into the CVM, where high level user policies play a major role in the self-configuration decisions. We show the results of a feature analysis of the domain which guided the policy definition process. We also provide a design of the policy driven self-configuring architecture.

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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1723028.1723052

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Allen ACosta FClarke P(2016)A user-centric approach to dynamic adaptation of reusable communication servicesPersonal and Ubiquitous Computing10.1007/s00779-016-0904-120:2(209-227)Online publication date: 1-Apr-2016
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/s00779-016-0904-1
Morris KAllison MCosta FWei JClarke P(2015)An adaptive middleware design to support the dynamic interpretation of domain-specific modelsInformation and Software Technology10.1016/j.infsof.2015.02.00362:C(21-41)Online publication date: 1-Jun-2015
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1016/j.infsof.2015.02.003
Allen AWu YClarke PKing TDeng YNg JCouturier CKark AMartin P(2009)An autonomic framework for user-centric communication servicesProceedings of the 2009 Conference of the Center for Advanced Studies on Collaborative Research10.1145/1723028.1723052(203-215)Online publication date: 2-Nov-2009
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1723028.1723052

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