MoCA Project

MoCA is an middleware architecture for development of context- and location-aware mobile applications, which consists of Client and Server APIs, a set of basic services, an event service, and a Framework for application-level proxies. It is intended to be used for applications with mobile clients on infra-structured wireless networks. The current version is implemented in Java (J2SE and J2ME), works with 802.11 wireless networks and is based on the IP protocol stack.
So far, we have developed several context- and location-aware applications and frameworks using MoCA. For more information, please visit MoCA's Home page
This project is partially funded by CNPq Grants 55.2068/02-2 (ESSMA), 55.2028/02-9 (IMPAR) and 479824/04-5 (Ed. Universal)

Main Characteristics:

Server-based context processing and distribution
Location inference using 802.11 RSSI
Extensible set of context-services
Object Framework for Proxy-based content adaptation

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Main Publications

H.K. Rubinsztejn, M. Endler, N. Rodrigues, A Framework for Building Customized Adaptation Proxies, Proc. of the IFIP conference on Intelligence in Communication Systems (INTELLCOMM 2005), (to appear), Montreal, October 2005.

V. Sacramento, M. Endler, F.N do Nascimento, A Privacy Service for Context-Aware Mobile Computing, IEEE Conference on Security and Privacy for Emerging Areas in Communication Networks (to appear), Athens, September 2005.

V. Sacramento, M. Endler, H.K. Rubinsztejn, L.S. Lima, K. Gonçalves, F.N.do Nascimento, G. Bueno, MoCA: A Middleware for Developing Collaborative Applications for Mobile Users
IEEE Distributed Systems Online, ISSN 1541-4922, vol. 5, no. 10, October, 2004.

H.K. Rubinsztejn, M. Endler, V. Sacramento, K. Gonçalves, F.N. do Nascimento, Support for Context-aware Collaboration, First International Workshop on Mobility Aware Technologies and Applications (MATA 2004), Florianópolis, LNCS no. 3284, pages 37-47, October, 2004

V.Sacramento, M. Endler, H.K. Rubinsztejn, L.S. Lima, K. Gonçalves, G.A. Bueno, An Architecture supporting the development of Collaborative Applications for Mobile Users,
Proc. 13th IEEE Intern. Workshops on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises (WETICE-2004) , Modena, Italy, pages 109-114, June 2004.

Participants
Markus Endler (coordinator)
Vagner Sacramento
Hana K. Rubinzstejn
Ricardo C.A. da Rocha
Fernando Ney da C. Nascimento
Luciana dos Santos Lima
Gustavo Luis B. Baptista
Fabio Bruno Pereira
Luis Gomes

Former Participants
Giulliano Bueno