Authors:
Bernd Eßmann
1
and
Holger Funke
2
Affiliations:
1
Heinz Nixdorf Institute, University of Paderborn, Germany
;
2
University of Paderborn, Germany
Keyword(s):
CSCW, CSCL, Peer-to-Peer, JXTA, Mobile Computing, Spontaneous Collaboration.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Enterprise Information Systems
;
Internet and Collaborative Computing
;
Network Implementation Choices
;
Software Agents and Internet Computing
;
Telecommunications
;
Wireless and Mobile Computing
;
Wireless and Mobile Technologies
;
Wireless Information Networks and Systems
Abstract:
Developers of classical client-server CSCW systems are facing a true dilemma: They created a working cooperation environment for many scenarios of cooperative work. Since users get independent from fixed places by using mobile devices interconnected by ad-hoc networks, the support of mobility becomes an important topic of CSCW. Furthermore, while client-server architectures do not work well in dynamic networks, P2P systems enter the field of CSCW. But, is it a good approach to discard the well working client-server system in order to implement a brand-new P2P system from scratch? Our approach is extending our CSCW platform step-by-step with P2P abilities without loosing the advantages of client-server computing. This paper describes the first step of wrapping the RMI-based communication protocol into an industry standard P2P protocol called JXTA.