System-Level Support For Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks

Efficiently managing resources in ad hoc and sensor networks

Abstract

Inthis paper we advocate for operating system support of ad hoc and sensornetworks. We contend that only a network-wide, power-aware operating system canefficiently and fairly manage the limited and timevarying resources inherent inad hoc application environments. We describe MagnetOS, an ad hoc operatingsystem that provides a single system abstraction of an ad hoc network toapplications.