Devices A Study on Architectural Alternatives and Client Performance Johannes Knutsen Problem Description

In the ongoing EU IST project MPOWER, an open platform to simplify and speed up the task of developing and deploying services for persons with cognitive disabilities and elderly have been developed. This master assignment will investigate architectural choices and realization mechanisms for developing web service based applications for the Android platform, with the MPOWER services as the main case. By developing one or more proof-of-concept application using MPOWER services from the handheld device, it will be evaluated how different architectures affects the properties of the client and whether direct invocation of SOAP based Web services from Android is a viable approach. MPOWER- Middleware platform for empowering cognitive disabled and elderly- is an ongoing IST research project. MPOWER has defined and implemented an open platform to simplify and speed up the task of developing and deploying services for persons with cognitive disabilities and elderly. The services of the platform cover two focus areas:- A collaborative environment for distributed and shared care, providing requirements for information security, information models, context awareness, usability and interoperability.- A SMART HOUSE environment, providing requirements for information security, information models and usability. The MPOWER middleware services been released for free and are available in open source from