Many different message-oriented middlewares (MOM) exist today on the market. With different underlying designs, purposes and features, it is not easy to make the right choice of MOM for your system. The IT company Nordicstation is in such a situation where they need to make a choice of MOM. They currently own a system called Sharelock which generates reports about violations of financial assets trad- ing. They wish to make the process of generating a report more asynchronous by using a MOM and they have a couple of requirements. This thesis was carried out with the purpose of finding the most suitable products for the system in mind, compare their features, performance, licenses and ease-of- use. This was accomplished by analysing their installation process, monitoring in- terfaces, documentation on their websites and performance in a simple throughput test. The results showed that RabbitMQ was the strongest candidate. It had good per- formance, an attractive web interface for monitoring, an easy installation and it also offered commercial support. Apache Artemis was also found to be an attractive choice but it did not have a web interface which made it hard to manage the system. / Idag finns det många meddelandebaserade mellanprogramvaror (MOM) på marknaden. Dessa har olika grundläggande designer, syften och kännetecken vilket kan göra det svårt att göra ett bra val av MOM för ett visst system. IT-företaget Nordicstation befinner sig i en sådan situation där de behöver göra ett val av MOM. De har ett system som kallas Sharelock som genererar rapporter om regelbrott in- om värdepappershandeln. De vill göra processen mer asynkron genom att använda en MOM och de har ett antal krav på produkten. Det här examensarbetet utfördes med syftet att hitta de mest passande produkter- na för det tänka systemet, jämföra deras särdrag, prestanda, licenser och anvä- ndarvänlighet. Detta gjordes genom att analysera deras installationsprocess, övervakningsgränssnitt, dokumentation på deras hemsida och prestanda i ett en- kelt prestandatest. Resultaten visade att RabbitMQ var den starkaste kandidaten. Den hade bra prestanda, ett attraktivt webbgränssnitt, en enkel installation och den erbjöd också kommersiell support åt kunder. Apache Artemis var också ett attraktivt val men den hade inget webbgränssnitt vilket gjorde det svårt att övervaka och hantera sys- temet.

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This work concerns about designing of communication protocol for generic processor simulator. The main objective of this work was to design a communication protocol which allows to simulate multiprocessor system on a cluster of computers.

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Master of Science / Department of Computing and Information Sciences / Gurdip Singh / TinyOS is an open-source component based operating system designed for highly memory constrained wireless embedded sensor network. TinyOS includes interfaces and components for communication management, routing and data acquisition tools to be refined further for custom applications. This project aims at developing a system which detects overlapping paths for data collection in different applications in the network and utilizing that information for efficient data acquisition. This prevents a reconfiguring the entire network of wireless sensor nodes (called motes) for each new application request. The application for initial or first data acquisition request tries to build the tree architecture on motes in the network where each node in the tree knows its immediate parent and children. The application builds the tree routed at the base station for the initial request and each intermediate node sends data to its parent when the data request is made. Each base station can request Light, Temperature and Passive Infrared sensory data from all or a subset of motes present in the system. When a new base station comes and connects to the network through a mote/node in the tree, the system reconfigures only those parts of the tree built in the initial phase which do not overlap with the tree required for the new base station as the root, all the other overlapping parts of the tree are left unchanged. We present experimental result to illustrate the efficiency of the approach.

Published Article / A company in South Africa is a three-phase induction motor protection relay manufacturer. The function of the protection relay is to capture running data, to provide protection against possible damage, to control an electric motor and to communicate this data to the System Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system in a control room. In the case of remote sites e.g. a pump station, the protection relays are used as standalone units. The protection relays are equipped with communication facilities to be used in an instrumentation environment. If a trip occurs or settings need to be changed a technician has to visit the remote site and address the problem. The ideal cost and time effective solution is to perform these tasks remotely via a reliable wireless network. A study was conducted to ascertain the viability of using the standard GSM cellular networks in South Africa to effectively control electric motors and to communicate with the Motor Protection Relays (MPRs) controlling the electric motors in order to determine the status of a motor, settings of the motor, trips that occurred and time of occurrence. It was shown that a node controller could be used to store all the data from various electric motors at a single location. It was also shown that the data from the different electric motors could be analysed at the node controller and that communication can then be initiated from the controller to a responsible person via the GSM network. It was further illustrated that, by making use of the GSM networks in South Africa together with the short message service (SMS), communication and control can be effectively established. SMSs proved to be a reliable means of communication between cellular phones, an embedded network and MPRs. It was shown that software protocols, although slower in communication speed, proved to be reliable and effective for the purpose of transferring information between the node controller and the motor protection relays connected to the electric motors.

Ce mémoire présente la conception, la réalisation et les tests effectués pour une architecture générique permettant à une machine de reconnaitre le sens d'un message en utilisant le modèle de la cognition linguistique de l'humain et un environnement commun à celui des humains. À ce jour, les machines reconnaissent des mots clés et répondent en suivant un modèle préfabriqué, tous deux préprogrammés par des humains. Donc, chaque agent informatique muni d'une forme d'interaction avec le public se voit attribuer un certain nombre de questions potentielles avec les réponses associées, parfois préconstruite. C'est-à-dire que la machine possède une base de mots avec un ordre prédéfini de ceux-ci qu'elle peut utiliser, parfois une phrase déjà entièrement construite, que la machine utilise telle qu'elle. L'objectif principal de ce projet est de démontrer qu'il est possible pour la machine de s'approcher du modèle proposé par les linguistes, principalement un modèle proposé par Kleiber, adjoint à un modèle de cognition, celui du STI, et d'extraire le sens d'un message dans le but de l'interpréter Ainsi, il est possible d'établir une forme de dialogue entre un être humain et une machine. Cet objectif est atteint en proposant une nouvelle architecture générique pour le traitement du langage naturel. Contrairement à ce qui est fait habituellement dans ce genre de problématique, les réponses obtenues ne doivent pas être des réponses préconçues, mais bien des phrases générées par la machine à partir de la grammaire de la langue. Les résultats obtenus montrent qu'il est possible de donner un sens aux mots composant un message de manière à ce qu'une machine soit en mesure de l'interpréter dans un langage qui lui est propre. Cela est fait de manière à ce que cette même machine puisse répondre à son interlocuteur, voire éventuellement prendre une décision en rapport avec la conversation.

This thesis investigates how data sources, message queues, and messages can be generalized in such way that it allows for easy configuration and setup in a frontend visualization application. It also includes increasing the productivity of the application testers and the usability of the user interface. An analysis of one of Dewire’s test tools gave insightful information to identify what was needed in the proof-of-concept application and resulted in a list of requirements. The information gained from Dewire also indicated what technologies to use and resulted in a research phase. Different design proposals were presented and one was chosen to be implemented. An agile approach was chosen as method for the implementation phase to emphasize flexibility. It was set to be iterative and in close communication with people at Dewire. The implementation resulted in a proof-of-concept application with a GUI that allows user to configure data sources, message queues and messages. The messages are uploaded in XML format and the GUI allows for modification through HTML forms which mir-rors the XML files. The user is also able to send these messages as JMS mes-sages. Responses to these JMS messages are also shown in the GUI and saved in a database. The results suggest that accomplishing the common task to select a connection tree and send a message takes 45% less time in the proof-of-concept application compared to Dewire’s tool. To accomplish the common task to alter a message and send it takes 79% less time in the proof-of-concept appli-cation compared to Dewire’s tool. The results also suggest that theory of com-puter-human interaction have been applied during the implementation to ac-complisha usable UI. It is assessed that data sources, message queues and mes-sage can be easy configured in a GUI. Further, it is assessed that the productivi-ty has been increased compared to the former tool used.

This thesis discusses the creation of a novel platform that incorporates multiple communication methods, including SMS, email and web-based technologies, for interacting with users of mobile communication devices. The platform utilises people in a mobile environment to solve a range of different application problems, where each problem is a separate and distinct scenario type with unique objectives. There are existing applications available that interact with users of mobile communication devices to provide a service, such as regular weather updates to the users. Other applications have been designed to manage and coordinate the users to perform tasks within a mobile environment, such as performing field studies for scientific purposes. However, the existing applications are designed for only one specific scenario, with the design and implementation solely focused on solving the objectives of that scenario. Each component of these applications needs to be developed from scratch in order to cater for the application s requirements. There is currently no integrated communications platform that offers a framework for supporting a range of different scenario types. The new platform, entitled the Connected-Mobile Platform, aims to support the rapid development and implementation of new scenarios. This platform is composed of a framework of generic components that enable the active running of multiple scenarios concurrently, with the ability to tailor to the requirements of new scenarios as they arise via a structured process. The platform facilitates a means to coordinate its users in order to tackle the objectives of a scenario. The thesis investigates several system architectures to determine an appropriate architectural design for constructing the proposed platform. The platform has a generic framework, based on a client-server architecture, to facilitate the inclusion of a multitude of scenarios. A scenario represents a problem or an event, whereby the platform can utilise and interact with users of mobile communication devices to attempt to solve the objectives of the scenario. Three mobile communication methods are supported; the Short Message Service, electronic mail and web-forms via the mobile internet. Users are able to select and switch between the different methods. The thesis describes the platform s tailored communication structure for scenarios and autonomous analysis of messages. The thesis discusses case studies of two different scenarios to evaluate the platform s facilities for rapid scenario development. The Diet Diary scenario, which is for individual users, aims to manage a user s daily calorie intake to help them reach their desired weight goal. The focus is on the platform s functionality for analysing and responding to messages autonomously. The Missing Persons scenario, which utilises multiple users, involves tracking and locating people who have been reported missing. The focus is on the platform s functionality for coordinating the multiple users, through the creation of assignments, in order to distribute the scenario objectives. The thesis concludes by highlighting the novel features of the platform and identifying opportunities for future work.

International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 17-20, 1994 / Town & Country Hotel and Conference Center, San Diego, California / This paper describes the application software used in the Message Processing System at the Air Force Development Test Center (AFDTC), Eglin AFB. The focus is on the Alpha AXP application software designed and developed to log, process, and reformat IRIG Chapter 8 1553 data. The main data reduction and editing capabilities of the processing phase are explained: message output selection, message output sampling, message translation, error identification, and IRIG Chapter 8 time editing. The design of and methods used to produce the output files, the BBNProbe STD file, and the 1553 message summary report are described. This software’s flexibility and comprehensiveness in processing, reducing, and re-formatting 1553 message data will enable AFDTC to satisfy current and future post-mission processing requirements.