BioNet: a developer-centric middleware architecture for heterogeneous devices and protocols

This paper overviews a wireless middleware architecture, entitled "BioNet", which is under development in support of NASA\´s Exploration Systems Mission. The middleware architecture is novel from the standpoint of the heterogeneity of both devices and protocols supported. A fundamental design decision allows for multi-developer system extensibility which alleviates the problem of the monopolistic single-vendor model where only the original developer of the middleware architecture can efficiently extend the system functionality