Context-Aware Middleware: A Review

TL;DR

This paper reviews the concept of context-aware middleware, analyzing various systems' functionalities and requirements, and discusses future research directions in this evolving field.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive review of existing context-aware middleware systems, highlighting their functionalities, requirements, and identifying open research challenges.

Findings

Different systems vary significantly in functionality

Identified key functional and non-functional requirements

Outlined future research directions in context-aware middleware

Abstract

During previous years several studies have introduced the concept of "context-aware middleware" and also proposed solutions under this title; however, these systems are different in functionality. In this chapter, context-aware middleware is investigated from the standpoint of functional and non-functional requirements. Afterward, some well-known middleware systems are reviewed and, finally, open research directions as well as conclusion remarks are presented.