An Architecture Proposal for Nested Software Product Lines in the Domain of Mobile and Context-Aware Applications

• Fabiana G. Marinho UFC
• Aline L. Costa UFC
• Francisco F. P. Lima UFC
• Joao B. B. Neto UFC
• Joao B. B. F. Filho UFC
• Lincoln Rocha UFC
• Valeria L. L. Dantas UFC
• Rossana M. C. Andrade UFC
• Eldanae Teixeira UFRJ
• Claudia Werner UFRJ

Abstract

The domain of mobile and context-aware applications involves challenging requirements, such as mobility and adaptation, which makes the application development complex for this area. Considering this scenario, we used a nested software product line (SPL) that aims to facilitate the construction of such software by domain decomposition in two levels of analysis. The first concerns the characteristics of a generic SPL for the mobile and context-aware domain. The second is the requirement analysis of a business domain together with characteristics of the generic level. The goal of this paper is to propose a nested SPL.

Keywords: Software, Semiconductor optical amplifiers, Mobile communication, Unified modeling language, Computer architecture, Hardware, Surges, software product line, mobility, context-awareness, software architecture