Effective P2P deployment of mobile Java applications via Bluetooth

Suggested size

7.5ECTS project; workload: 20% theoretical/80% practical.

Objective

Show how mobile Java application can be deployed effectively among peers via Bluetooth.

Goal

Design, implement and evaluate a mechanism allowing BEDNET to be deployed from mobile/pc to mobile/pc.

Content

Bluetooth scatternets enable distantly located Bluetooth units to communicate via intermediate units. Bluetooth Enabled Device ad-hoc Network (BEDNET) is a piece of Java middleware providing basic connectivity for Java applications in a Bluetooth scatternet. It can run in J2ME on Bluetooth enabled mobile phones, supporting MIDlets, or in J2SE on Bluetooth-enabled laptops using the BlueCove libraries.

The focus of this project is how to allow users to easily and effectively deploy BEDNET and its applications, via SMS or peer-to-peer Bluetooth connections, to different platforms (PCs, mobile phones, etc.).

Possible supervisors

Literature

• Skytte, Guðnason & Nielsen: BEDNET - Bluetooth Enabled Device ad-hoc NETwork. Master's Thesis, IT University of Copenhagen, 2008.
• Nielsen, Glenstrup, Skytte & Guðnason: Real-world Bluetooth MANET Java Middleware. Student project, 8pp. IT University of Copenhagen 2009.
• Plötz, Stigge, Müller & Redlich: Self-Replication in J2ME MIDlets. Technical report SAR-PR-2006-04. Humboldt University, 2006
• Skytte, Guðnason & Nielsen: BEDNET middleware.