Autonomous Pervasive Systems and the Policy Challenges of a Small World

• Published in: Policy 2007 : Eighth IEEE International Workshop on Policies for Distributed Systems and Networks : proceedings : Bologna, Italy, 13-15 June, 2007 pp. 3 - 7
• Main Authors: Lupu, E., Dulay, N., Sventek, J., Sloman, M.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.06.2007
• Subjects: Body area networks; Home computing; Intelligent vehicles; Large-scale systems; Patient monitoring; Pervasive computing; Remotely operated vehicles; Resource management; Sliding mode control; Temperature sensors
• ISBN: 9780769527673; 0769527671
• DOI: 10.1109/POLICY.2007.9

Pervasive systems are the subject of intensifying research efforts and their applications range from health monitoring and intelligent homes, to location aware services, unmanned vehicles and city-wide pervasive infrastructures. Although application- specific solutions have been proposed, their design has often raised additional challenges. This paper discusses the use of autonomous pervasive systems as a fertile testbed for policy-based adaptation and for integrating techniques that span across conventional subject boundaries. Additionally, we present the self-managed cell architectural pattern for realizing policy-driven autonomous pervasive systems and discuss the design of the Ponder2 policy service.