| Real-time/business-critical web applications are built on "value-adding" network protocols. The operations of these protocols require refined configuration data and state variables. Currently, most of the network protocols get configured via static means. However, this approach fails to accommodate mobile networks. In order to bring mobility support, the Seamoby working group proposed context information transfer, i.e. transferring protocol configuration data and state variables from one network element to another during handover. Seamoby's proposal focuses mainly on local area networks.; Enlightened by the research from the Seamoby working group, this project proposed global context information transfer to set up network services when mobile users are in foreign networks. This project has firstly designed and prototyped the Context Information Publishing Framework to help achieve an unambiguous understanding of context information. Secondly, this project has provided an end-to-end solution for transferring context information securely across the Internet. |
