Osama M. Khaled, Hoda M. Hosny and Mohamed Shalan, The American University in Cairo, Egypt

Pervasive Computing is a very challenging and complex domain that still lacks a comprehensive unified architecture. In this paper, we propose a reference architecture for pervasive computing that captures most, if not all, of the key challenges and provides a new architecture model that can be used in almost any business context. It provides conceptual views for the smart environment (SE), the smart object (SO), and the pervasive system (PS). We evaluated the model using a simulation prototype to predict its reliability at runtime.

Pervasive computing, Ubiquitous computing, Context-aware services, Internet of Things, Software architecture, Reference Architecture, Model-Driven Architecture, Software design