Abstract:Sensor-actuator networks and interactive ubiquitous environments are distributed systems in which the sensor-actuators communicate with each other by message-passing. This paper makes three contributions. First, it gives a general system and execution model for such sensoractuator networks in pervasive environments. Second, it examines the range of time models that are useful for specifying properties, and for implementation, in such distributed networks, and places approaches and limitations in perspective. T… Show more
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