Context-Aware and Adaptive Universal Home Network Middleware for Pervasive Digital Home Environment

Users will be able to access ubiquitously present appliances anywhere and anytime through pervasive digital home environ-ment. For this, we need middleware that provides a high-level abstraction for zero-configuration and interoperability among middleware, makes each appliance’s behavior context-aware, and supports a variety of adaptive behaviors. This paper identi-fies context-aware and adaptive middleware, called Universal Home Network Middleware, for the future pervasive digital home environment. It provides a desirable environment that supports adaptability and dynamic composition through appro-priate high-level abstraction. I