PiCSE : a framework for simulation and emulation of pervasive computing applications

Abstract

The field of pervasive computing is changing rapidly, with the proliferation of and advances in hardware and communication technologies resulting in a shift towards a large-scale, heterogeneous pervasive computing world where people and devices move seamlessly between previously isolated pervasive computing applications. Prototyping and evaluation of pervasive computing scenarios is a necessary yet inherently difficult step between design and deployment of new applications, and simulation has traditionally been both an effective and accepted modelling and evaluation methodology that addresses this step.