Scaling into ambient intelligence

Author

Basten, Twan ; Benini, Luca ; Chandrakasan, Anantha ; Lindwer, Menno ; Liu, Jie ; Min, Rex ; Zha, Feng

Author_Institution

Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Netherlands

fYear

2003

fDate

2003

Firstpage

76

Lastpage

81

Abstract

Envision the situation that high quality information and entertainment is easily accessible to anyone, anywhere, at any time, and on any device. How realistic is this vision? And what does it require from the underlying technology? Ambient Intelligence (AmI) integrates concepts ranging from ubiquitous computing to autonomous and intelligent systems. An AmI environment will be highly dynamic in many aspects. Underlying technology must be very flexible to cope with this dynamism. The scalability of technology is only one crucial aspect. This paper explores scalability from the processing, the communication, and the software perspectives.

Keywords

embedded systems; information systems; intelligent networks; low-power electronics; multiprocessing systems; radio access networks; software architecture; system-on-chip; technological forecasting; ubiquitous computing; ambient intelligence; autonomous systems; communication; dynamic AmI environment; embedded systems; entertainment access; high-density wireless networks; information access; intelligent systems; low energy systems; low power systems; multiprocessor systems on chip; processing; scalable algorithms; scalable software infrastructure; technology scaling; ubiquitous computing; Ambient intelligence; Bandwidth; Communication system software; Costs; Embedded software; Intelligent systems; Laboratories; Scalability; Ubiquitous computing; Wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition, 2003

ISSN

1530-1591

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1870-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DATE.2003.1253590

Filename

1253590