The emergence of networking abstractions and techniques in TinyOS

  • Authors:

  • Philip Levis;Sam Madden;David Gay;Joseph Polastre;Robert Szewczyk;Alec Woo;Eric Brewer;David Culler

  • Affiliations:

  • EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley, California;CSAIL, MIT, Cambridge, MA and Intel Research Berkeley, Berkeley, California;Intel Research Berkeley, Berkeley, California;EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley, California;EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley, California;EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley, California;EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley, California;EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley, California

  • Venue:
  • NSDI'04 Proceedings of the 1st conference on Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation - Volume 1
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

The constraints of sensor networks, an emerging area of network research, require new approaches in system design. We study the evolution of abstractions and techniques in TinyOS, a popular sensor network operating system. Examining CVS repositories of several research institutions that use TinyOS, we trace three areas of development: single-hop networking, multi-hop networking, and network services. We note common techniques and draw conclusions on the emerging abstractions as well as the novel constraints that have shaped them.