Resource aware programming in the Pixie OS
Konrad Lorincz, Bor‐Rong Chen, Jason Waterman, Geoff Werner-Allen, Matt Welsh · 2008
This paper presents Pixie, a new sensor node operating system designed to support the needs of data-intensive applications. These applications, which include high-resolution monitoring of acoustic, seismic, acceleration, and other signals, involve high data rates and extensive in-network processing. Given the fundamentally resource-limited nature of sensor networks, a pressing concern for such applications is their ability to receive feedback on, and adapt their behavior to, fluctuations in both resource availability and load.