The <i>nesC</i> language: A holistic approach to networked embedded systems Export

@inproceedings{citeulike:176931, abstract = {We present nesC , a programming language for networked embedded systems that represent a new design space for application developers. An example of a networked embedded system is a sensor network, which consists of (potentially) thousands of tiny, low-power "motes," each of which execute concurrent, reactive programs that must operate with severe memory and power constraints.nesC's contribution is to support the special needs of this domain by exposing a programming model that incorporates event-driven execution, a flexible concurrency model, and component-oriented application design. Restrictions on the programming model allow the nesC compiler to perform whole-program analyses, including data-race detection (which improves reliability) and aggressive function inlining (which reduces resource consumption).nesC has been used to implement TinyOS, a small operating system for sensor networks, as well as several significant sensor applications. nesC and TinyOS have been adopted by a large number of sensor network research groups, and our experience and evaluation of the language shows that it is effective at supporting the complex, concurrent programming style demanded by this new class of deeply networked systems.}, address = {New York, NY, USA}, author = {Gay, David and Levis, Philip and von Behren, Robert and Welsh, Matt and Brewer, Eric and Culler, David}, booktitle = {PLDI '03: Proceedings of the ACM SIGPLAN 2003 conference on Programming language design and implementation}, citeulike-article-id = {176931}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=781133}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/781131.781133}, doi = {10.1145/781131.781133}, isbn = {1-58113-662-5}, keywords = {embedded}, location = {San Diego, California, USA}, month = {May}, number = {5}, pages = {1--11}, posted-at = {2008-12-25 13:06:31}, priority = {2}, publisher = {ACM}, title = {The <i>nesC</i> language: A holistic approach to networked embedded systems}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/781131.781133}, volume = {38}, year = {2003} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:176931 L3 - citeulike-article-id:176931 N2 - We present nesC , a programming language for networked embedded systems that represent a new design space for application developers. An example of a networked embedded system is a sensor network, which consists of (potentially) thousands of tiny, low-power "motes," each of which execute concurrent, reactive programs that must operate with severe memory and power constraints.nesC's contribution is to support the special needs of this domain by exposing a programming model that incorporates event-driven execution, a flexible concurrency model, and component-oriented application design. Restrictions on the programming model allow the nesC compiler to perform whole-program analyses, including data-race detection (which improves reliability) and aggressive function inlining (which reduces resource consumption).nesC has been used to implement TinyOS, a small operating system for sensor networks, as well as several significant sensor applications. nesC and TinyOS have been adopted by a large number of sensor network research groups, and our experience and evaluation of the language shows that it is effective at supporting the complex, concurrent programming style demanded by this new class of deeply networked systems. CY - San Diego, California, USA IS - 5 SN - 1-58113-662-5 AD - New York, NY, USA EP - 11 TI - The <i>nesC</i> language: A holistic approach to networked embedded systems PB - ACM VL - 38 T2 - PLDI '03: Proceedings of the ACM SIGPLAN 2003 conference on Programming language design and implementation SP - 1 KW - embedded AU - Gay, David AU - Levis, Philip AU - von Behren, Robert AU - Welsh, Matt AU - Brewer, Eric AU - Culler, David PY - 2003/05// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/781131.781133 ER -