Operating system issues in future end-user systems

Author

Raatikainen, Kimmo E E

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Helsinki Univ.

Volume

4

fYear

2005

fDate

11-14 Sept. 2005

Firstpage

2794

Abstract

Traditional monolithic operating systems have conceptually remained almost unchanged since the UNIX, that is, since the late 70s. Several experimental operating systems from the research community have been based on alternative paradigms. Today we are facing the dawn of mobile or wireless Internet. This new operational environment calls for new solutions. We discuss four significant research issues for future end-user systems: self-awareness, detection and notifications, system integrity, and power management. A paradigm shift in operating system design, as demonstrated in x-kernel, microkernels, exokernels, and TinyOS, can help us to lay the software foundation for reconfigurable end-user systems

Keywords

Internet; Unix; mobile computing; operating system kernels; TinyOS; exokernel; microkernel; mobile system; operating system; reconfigurable end-user system; research community; wireless Internet; x-kernel; Airplanes; Computer science; Dinosaurs; Energy management; Internet; Operating systems; Personal area networks; Power system management; Transport protocols; Transportation; mobile networking; operating systems; wireless access;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, 2005. PIMRC 2005. IEEE 16th International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Berlin

Print_ISBN

9.7838007291e+012

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PIMRC.2005.1651950

Filename

1651950