Autonomous Virtual Mobile Nodes

Abstract

This paper presents a new abstraction for virtual infrastructure in mobile ad hoc networks. An Autonomous Virtual Mobile Node (AVMN) is a robust and reliable entity that is designed to cope with the inherent difficulties caused by processors arriving, leaving, and moving according to their own agendas, as well as with failures and energy limitations. There are many types of applications that may make use of the AVMN infrastructure: tracking, supporting mobile users, or searching for energy sources. The AVMN extends the focal point abstraction in and the virtual mobile node abstraction in. The new abstraction is that of a virtual general-purpose computing entity, an automaton that can make autonomous on-line decisions concerning its own movement. We describe a self-stabilizing implementation of this new abstraction that is resilient to the chaotic behavior of the physical processors and provides automatic recovery from any corrupted state of the system.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 15, 2005
Accession Number
ADA466762

Entities

People

  • Alex Shvartsman
  • Elad Schiller
  • Seth Gilbert
  • Shlomi Dolev

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Ad Hoc Networks
  • Algorithms
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Automata
  • Computer Networks
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Detectors
  • Geographic Regions
  • Mesh Networks
  • Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
  • Networks
  • Probability
  • Random Walk
  • Sensor Networks
  • Sequences

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Networking
  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.
  • Systems Analysis and Design