A service-oriented architecture framework for mobile services

Service-oriented architectures and service-oriented computing are the most recent approaches aimed at facilitating the design and development of applications on distributed systems. The paper investigates how the construction of mobile services can benefit from the service-oriented paradigm. The paper provides a presentation of the service-oriented architecture. A general discussion of equivalence between service components is then undertaken, in order to enable an analysis of service-oriented architectures for mobile services. The paper proceeds with a mapping of existing mobile services on service-oriented architectures. The requirements of mobile services, which must be taken into consideration in the service-oriented architecture, are identified from a generic model of mobile services. A service-oriented architecture framework supporting mobile services is proposed.