A Network Virtual Machine for Real-Time Coordination Services

1. A Network Virtual Machine for Real-Time Coordination Services • New Ideas • Integration of real-time computing theory, multi-mode MDP, and feedback control theory • Composable and scalable micro-protocols that can self-organize distributed devices into collaborative teams to achieve aggregate goals • New wireless communication protocol to support end-to-end delay • Protocols for dynamic environmental data discovery Network Virtual Machine(hides complexity of physical environment - battlefield awareness) Resource management, team formation, real-time, mobility, power Heterogeneous Sensors/Actuators/CPUs • Impact • Guaranteed aggregate behavior of NEST systems • Control of mobile sensor/actuator/computer networks • Large scale distributed team coordination • Theory and practice for performance control • Survival of essential services Schedule • behavior spec. language • wireless protocols • demo Year 1 • protocols for self-organizing nodes • robust an adaptive controllers • demo Year 2 • integrated theory • NEST middleware • demo Year 3 John A. Stankovic (stankovic@cs.virginia.edu),University of Virginia University of Illinois, CMU, Lockheed Martin

2. A Network Virtual Machine for Real-Time CoordinationServices Integrated Theory Middleware Architecture Multi-Mode Markov Decision Processes (chooses modes) Set of Adaptive Controllers 1 with Elastic RT Scheduling Set of Adaptive Controllers N with Elastic RT Scheduling Robust Feedback Control and Real-Time Scheduling Theory Combined to design each set of controllers