Technical Report TR-1999-02

BibliographyHohl, Fritz; Kubach, Uwe; Leonhardi, Alexander; Rothermel, Kurt; Schwehm, Markus: Nexus - An Open Global Infrastructure for Spatial-Aware Applications.
University of Stuttgart : Collaborative Research Center SFB 627 (Nexus: World Models for Mobile Context-Based Systems), Technical Report Computer Science No. 1999/02.
13 pages, english.
CR-SchemaC.2.4 (Distributed Systems)
H.2.1 (Database Management Logical Design)
Keywordsmobile computing; location awareness
Abstract

Due to the lack of a generic platform for location- and spatial-aware systems, many basic services have to be reimplemented in each application that uses spatial-awareness. A cooperation among different applications is also difficult to achieve without a common platform. In this paper we present a platform that solves these problems. It provides an infrastructure that is based on computer models of regions of the physical world, which are augmented by virtual objects. We show how virtual objects make the integration of existing information systems and services in spatial-aware systems easier. Furthermore, our platform supports interactions between the computer models and the real world and integrates single models in a global ``Augmented World''.

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Department(s)University of Stuttgart, Institute of Parallel and Distributed High-Performance Systems, Distributed Systems
Project(s)SFB-627, A2 (University of Stuttgart, Institute of Parallel and Distributed High-Performance Systems, Distributed Systems)
SFB-627, B3 (University of Stuttgart, Institute of Parallel and Distributed High-Performance Systems, Distributed Systems)
Entry dateJanuary 25, 1999