On Sensor Frameworks for Pervasive Systems

We believe an important part of any pervasive or wearable computing environment is an infrastructure for selecting and employing various sensors into an effective pervasive system. Without a uniform framework, researchers need to design their own ad-hoc structures and there is no common ground for system comparison and evaluation. Thus, our focus is on formulating a framework that can be used to support pervasive computing using sensors systematically. In this paper in particular, we address some of the fundamental issues in applying sensing and tracking to pervasive environments.