A Network Virtual Machine for Real-Time Coordination Services Network Virtual Machine (hides complexity of physical environment - battlefield awareness) 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 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 Year 3 integrated theory NEST middleware demo John A. Stankovic (stankovic@cs.virginia.edu), University of Virginia University of Illinois, CMU, Lockheed Martin

A Network Virtual Machine for Real-Time Coordination Services 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