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-=== Ambient References === 
  
-Ambient references are a novel remote object reference mechanism. Remote object references are "pointers across the network" and are a frequently recurring abstraction in both distributed OO languages and distributed middleware. Ambient references are designed to refer to objects in [[research:terms:monets|mobile networks]]. What exactly constitutes a mobile network and how it differs from traditional, stationary networks is described [[research:terms:monets|elsewhere]]. 
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-== Motivation == 
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-One may wonder why new referencing abstractions are required for mobile networks. In order to motivate the need for new referencing abstractions at the language level, we list a number of desirable properties of remote references for mobile networks which current remote referencing abstractions do not offer: 
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-  - **Provisional References**: remote references should be able to point to remote objects which are "not yet available" in the network. This is founded on the observation that in [[research:terms:monets|mobile networks], ambient resources 
-  - **Resilience to Partial Failure**: 
-  - **Transitory Addressing**: 
-  - **Group Communication**: 
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-== Design == 
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-Ambient references unify two concepts: they are both a peer-to-peer discovery channel //and// an asynchronous communication channel to a remote object. 
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-== Example Usage == 
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-== Implementation == 
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-A detailed explanation of ambient references can be found in [[ftp://prog.vub.ac.be/tech_report/2006/vub-prog-tr-06-07.pdf|this technical report]]. 
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-== Further Reading == 
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-Ambient References: Addressing Objects in Mobile Networks. Tom Van Cutsem, Jessie Dedecker, Stijn Mostinckx, Elisa Gonzalez Boix, Theo D'Hondt, Wolfgang De Meuter. In //Technical Report VUB-PROG-TR-06-10, Vrije Universiteit Brussel//, 2006 [ [[http://prog.vub.ac.be/Publications/2006/vub-prog-tr-06-10.pdf|download]] ] 
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