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Publication date | 2006 |
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Host publication | 2006 IEEE International Conference on Mobile Adhoc and Sensor Systems (MASS) |
Place of Publication | NEW YORK |
Publisher | IEEE |
Pages | 534-537 |
Number of pages | 4 |
ISBN (print) | 978-1-4244-0506-0 |
<mark>Original language</mark> | English |
Event | IEEE International Conference on Mobile Adhoc and Sensor Systems - Vancouver Duration: 9/10/2006 → 12/10/2006 |
Conference | IEEE International Conference on Mobile Adhoc and Sensor Systems |
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City | Vancouver |
Period | 9/10/06 → 12/10/06 |
Conference | IEEE International Conference on Mobile Adhoc and Sensor Systems |
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City | Vancouver |
Period | 9/10/06 → 12/10/06 |
Next generation embedded systems will be composed of large numbers of heterogeneous devices. These will typically be resource-constrained (such as sensor motes), will use different operating systems, and will be connected through different types of network interfaces. Additionally, they may be mobile and/or form ad-hoc networks with their peers, and will need to be adaptive to changing conditions based on context-awareness.
As an example of these system we consider disaster recovery scenarios where large numbers of different devices need to interconnect in an ad-hoc manner. In this respect, our goal is the provisioning of a middleware framework for such system environments. Our approach is based on a small and efficient middleware kernel supporting highly modularised and customisable component-based middleware services. These services can be tailored for specific embedded environments, and are runtime-reconfigurable to support adaptivity.
This paper describes a demonstration that highlights some of the features available in our middleware. In particular, we focus on heterogeneity handling by showing our middleware running on resource-rich as well as resource-constrained devices, and on adaptivity features by demonstrating runtime reprogramming and on-the-fly component deployment.