Specknets: new challenges for wireless communication protocols

Author

Wong, K.J. ; Arvind, D.K.

Author_Institution

Res. Consortium in Speckled Comput., Edinburgh Univ., UK

Volume

2

fYear

2005

Firstpage

728

Abstract

Speckled computing (D.K. Arvind et al., 2004) is an emerging technology in which data is sensed and processed in small (around 5 × 5 sq. millimeter) semiconductor grains called Specks. A dense and non-static wireless network of thousands of these specks - called a Specknet - collaborates to extract information from the data. Speckled computing demands requirements of wireless communications in excess of typical mobile ad-hoc networks (MANET) and sensor networks. This paper presents new challenges for the design of communication protocols for specknets, in which each speck is modest in terms of energy, storage and computational resources.

Keywords

access protocols; ad hoc networks; mobile computing; routing protocols; wireless sensor networks; MANET; Specknets; information extraction; mobile ad-hoc networks; nonstatic wireless network; semiconductor grains; sensor networks; speckled computing; wireless communication protocols; Ad hoc networks; Collaboration; Computer networks; Data mining; Mobile ad hoc networks; Mobile communication; Mobile computing; Wireless application protocol; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Technology and Applications, 2005. ICITA 2005. Third International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2316-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICITA.2005.258

Filename

1489055