Chapter 5. Machine Independent Code
- Iakovos Venieris1,
- Fabrizio Zizza2,
- Thomas Magedanz3
Published Online: 5 OCT 2001
DOI: 10.1002/0470841869.ch5
Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Book Title
Object Oriented Software Technologies in Telecommunications: From Theory to Practice
Additional Information
How to Cite
Chatzipapadopoulos, F., Perdikeas, M. and Venieris, I. (2001) Machine Independent Code, in Object Oriented Software Technologies in Telecommunications: From Theory to Practice (eds I. Venieris, F. Zizza and T. Magedanz), John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK. doi: 10.1002/0470841869.ch5
Editor Information
- 1
National Technical University of Athens, Greece
- 2
Siemens Information and Communication Networks SpA, Italy
- 3
IKV++ GmbH Informations und Kommunikations Technologie, Germany
Publication History
- Published Online: 5 OCT 2001
ISBN Information
Print ISBN: 9780471623793
Online ISBN: 9780470841860
- Summary
- Chapter
Keywords:
- computer networks;
- distributed computing;
- mobile code;
- MHEG;
- Java
Summary
This chapter examines machine independent code. More specifically, MHEG and Java are described. MHEG, a middleware for pre-orchestrating multimedia presentation was defined with the aim of providing a processor and presentation capabilities abstraction layer in order to write software for settop boxes. This domain, was also the initial focus of Java although the latter technology grew to include a much wider range of opportunities becoming in the process a full blown platform / programming language. The description of these two technologies lays the groundwork for introducing mobile agent technologies and for understanding the requirements underpinning the use of mobile code in future wireless / mobile networks characterized by great diversity in the terminal devices participating in them.