Patent ID: 7516201
Filing Date: 2009-04-07
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A communication device for operating multimedia applications in a mobile ad-hoc communication network, the communication device comprising: transmitting and receiving means for transmitting and receiving information in said mobile ad-hoc communication network; an ad-hoc computing manager unit for managing and providing multimedia applications on the basis of a communication with one or more other devices in the mobile ad-hoc communication network, said ad-hoc computing manager unit comprising, said communication device further comprising, a tuple space manager unit for providing multimedia applications within said mobile ad-hoc communication network with the functionality of activation, management and deactivation of a tuple space within said mobile ad-hoc communication network, wherein said tuple space manager unit includes a tuple space manager factory sub-unit which is in charge of dynamically activating tuple space manager sub-units during runtime of the device, each tuple space manager sub-unit providing access to a vendor-specific tuple space technology, said vendor-specific tuple space technology including a vendor specific tuple space which includes a plurality of tuples, and said tuple space is a virtual shared associative memory and said vendor specific tuple space is a virtual shared associative memory.