Self-maintained distributed tuples for field-based coordination in dynamic networks

Field-based coordination is a very promising approach for a wide range of application scenarios in modern dynamic networks. To implement such an approach, one can rely on distributed tuples injected in a network and propagated to form a distributed data structure to be sensed by application agents. However, to gain the full benefits from such a coordination approach, it is important to enable the distributed tuples to preserve their structures despite the dynamics of the network. In this paper, we show how a variety of self-maintained distributed tuples for field-based coordination can be easily programmed in the TOTA middleware. Several examples clarify the approach, and performance data is presented to verify its effectiveness. Categories and Subject Descriptors D.3.3 [Programming Languages]: Language Constructs and Features; C.2.4 [Distributed Systems]: Distributed Applications. General Terms: Algorithms, Design

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2004
• Where: SAC
• Authors: Marco Mamei, Franco Zambonelli
• Keywords: Applied Computing, Field-based Coordination, Modern Dynamic Networks, SAC 2004, Self-maintained Distributed Tuples