Title
An Architecture Concept for Ubiquitous Computing Aware Wearable Computers
Abstract
In Marc Weiser's (1991) vision of ubiquitous computing, users are located in an environment with potentially thousands of computers around them. Many capabilities of these smart devices can be used only by augmenting the users' senses with a kind of "sixth electronic sense". Thus, ubiquitous computing and wearable computing complement one another. However, the architectural styles for them are quite different. The paper presents a flexible and modular network-centered approach for the design of wearable computers. In our concept, a wearable computer is composed of a network of modules. A module can be worn by the user or be stationary in the user's environment. Each is a separate unit with its own processing, memory, I/O, power, and network connection, and provides specific functionality in the network. The modules reveal their abilities and needs to each other and dynamically assemble to form a network-based wearable multi-computer. Our concept has been used in the DWARF framework to build a first prototype system for indoor and outdoor navigation.
Year
DOI
Venue
2002
10.1109/ICDCSW.2002.1030863
ICDCS Workshops
Keywords
Field
DocType
wearable computing,marc weiser,architecture concept,network connection,wearable computer,environment withpotentially thousand,dwarf framework,architectural style,ubiquitous computing,electronic sense,ubiquitous computing aware wearable,network-based wearable multi-computer,pervasive computing,prototypes,mobile computing,computer vision,computer architecture,hardware,assembly,central processing unit,distributed computing,wearable computers
Mobile computing,Mobile radio,Smart environment,Central processing unit,Wearable computer,Computer science,Human–computer interaction,Ubiquitous computing,Modular design,Embedded system,Distributed computing,Ubiquitous robot
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
0-7695-1588-6
5
0.56
References 
Authors
2
7
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
martin bauer118716.05
Bernd Brügge223938.20
Gudrun Klinker31581274.19
Asa MacWilliams418616.71
Thomas Reicher59210.97
christian sandor634541.34
martin wagner712712.68