January 2007; Martin Waldburger, Cristian Morariu, Peter Racz, Jürgen Jähnert, Stefan Wesner, Burkhard Stiller

Abstract:
The use of wireless networking technologies has emerged over recent years in many application domains. The area of grids determines a potentially huge application domain, since the typical centralized computing centers require access from anywhere, e.g., from field engineers who are situated in a wireless network domain. Thus, the integration of suitable business views on mobile grids, of grid views on available technologies, and network views in a fully IP-based network domain determines the key challenge. The Akogrimo project’s architecture developed, is outlined and discussed in this paper and provides the major details required to offer a fully integrated and interoperable solution for those three views of concern.

Keywords:
Mobile Grid, Accounting, Charging, IP-based Grid Services, Multi-domain, Dynamic Virtual Organization

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Source:
Praxis der Informationsverarbeitung und Kommunikation (PIK), vol. 30, no. 1, pages 32-43

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