Towards Context-Aware Product-Family Architectures Pilot Study Device Mobility Management Problems

Salifu, Mohammed; Nuseibeh, Bashar and Rapanotti, Lucia (2006). Towards Context-Aware Product-Family Architectures Pilot Study Device Mobility Management Problems. Technical Report 2006/18; Department of Computing, The Open University.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21954/ou.ro.00016041

Abstract

Introducing variability in a product-line aims to address the needs of large number of users. For example, Nokia phones form a product-line which can be configured into over 1000 different handsets operating in all continents. We sampled a subset of Nokia phones and report this product-line in a detailed pilot study. We identified some underlying sources of the variability in these mobile phones, and also proposed necessary extensions to the current product-line approach in order to develop the phones for varying operating contexts.