Integration of hybrid wireless networks in cloud services oriented enterprise information systems

Abstract

This article presents a hybrid wireless network integration scheme in cloud services-based enterprise information systems (EISs). With the emerging hybrid wireless networks and cloud computing technologies, it is necessary to develop a scheme that can seamlessly integrate these new technologies into existing EISs. By combining the hybrid wireless networks and computing in EIS, a new framework is proposed, which includes frontend layer, middle layer and backend layers connected to IP EISs. Based on a collaborative architecture, cloud services management framework and process diagram are presented. As a key feature, the proposed approach integrates access control functionalities within the hybrid framework that provide users with filtered views on available cloud services based on cloud service access requirements and user security credentials. In future work, we will implement the proposed framework over SwanMesh platform by integrating the UPnP standard into an enterprise information system.

Keywords:

• integrated enterprise information system
• hybrid wireless networks
• cloud computing
• service-oriented
• EIS

Acknowledgements

This work was supported in part by the Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 20090451384 and Natural Science Foundation of China under Grants No. 81101118, No. 81071150, and No. 60972038.