ABSTRACT
Ubicomp systems research is concerned with the underlying technologies and infrastructures that enable the creation and deployment of these types of ubicomp applications. Hence, ubicomp systems research addresses a wide range of questions such as: how to design hardware for sensor platforms, operating systems for such sensor platforms; how to allow devices to find each other and use the services on each other; how to design systems support for resourceimpoverished devices that run on batteries and need to save energy; how to run large distributed infrastructures for seamless mobility and collaboration in creating applications for such settings as smart rooms and hospitals; and a wide range of other systems aspects. To some degree, ubicomp systems questions and challenges overlap and coexist with other systems research questions, but as outlined in this entry, the ubicomp vision and the nature of ubicomp applications, present a unique set of challenges to ubicomp systems research.
