کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
448536 693577 2008 18 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Unified Link Layer API: A generic and open API to manage wireless media access
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه مهندسی کامپیوتر شبکه های کامپیوتری و ارتباطات
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Unified Link Layer API: A generic and open API to manage wireless media access
چکیده انگلیسی

We present the Unified Link Layer API (ULLA) framework: an open and extensible API framework that incorporates a number of requirements related to a wide range of applications, including multi-mode and cross-layer optimisation scenarios. This work has been mainly motivated by the complexity and interoperability problems related to the large number of wireless APIs available today. ULLA provides database and object oriented service abstractions to applications through a generic query mechanism, a method to setup asynchronous notifications and a command interface. It encapsulates link level heterogeneity by defining a unified model for link technologies. We describe design details, various implementation options and discuss how the proposed ULLA design provides an extensible, scalable and platform independent framework, enabling seamless link access and control in various types of device platforms. Application programming using ULLA is illustrated using code examples. Numerous usage scenarios for ULLA are presented, highlighting unified access to heterogeneous link standards while encouraging application innovation.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Computer Communications - Volume 31, Issue 5, 25 March 2008, Pages 962–979
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