Title :
A self configurable topology-aware network for smart materials
Author :
Yanagihara, Tadashi ; Sakakibara, Hiroshi ; Ohsawa, Ryo ; Ideuchi, Masao ; Kohtake, Naohiko ; Masayuki, Iwai ; Takashio, Kazunori ; Tokuda, Hideyuki
Author_Institution :
Keio Res. Inst., Keio Univ., Kanagawa, Japan
Abstract :
In this paper, we present an architecture to create extemporaneous networking on u-Texture. u-Texture is a tile shaped smart material which can be used to construct smart furnitures. Each u-Texture reacts according to what the entire smart furniture is shaped like. This reaction greatly affects the networking within a u-Texture. We therefore must allow dynamic arrangements within the network when a u-Texture is detached from or attached to another smart furniture. We present our tactics to implement such an self configurable topology-aware network to support applications executed on the entire smart furniture.
Keywords :
network interfaces; open systems; telecommunication network topology; ubiquitous computing; self configurable topology-aware network; smart furniture; tile shaped smart material; u-Texture; Acceleration; Application software; Computer displays; Embedded computing; Infrared sensors; Intelligent sensors; Tactile sensors; Tiles; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
Distributed Computing Systems Workshops, 2005. 25th IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2328-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICDCSW.2005.22