Lightweight Module Isolation for Sensor Nodes

Coulson, G. and Weerasinghe, Nirmal (2008) Lightweight Module Isolation for Sensor Nodes. Proc. MobiVirt: Workshop on Virtualization in Mobile Computing, held in conjunction with ACM/USENIX MobiSys 2008.

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Abstract

There is an increasing tendency in sensor networks (and related networked embedded systems) to push more complexity and ‘intelligence’ into end-nodes. This in turn leads to a growing need to support isolation between the software modules in a node. In conventional systems, isolation is achieved using standard memory management hardware; but this is not a cost-effective or energy-efficient solution for small, cheap embedded nodes. We therefore propose a software-based solution that promises isolation in a significantly lighter-weight manner than existing software-based mechanisms. This is achieved by frontloading effort into offline compilation phases and leaving only a small amount of work to be done at load time and run time.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Proc. MobiVirt: Workshop on Virtualization in Mobile Computing, held in conjunction with ACM/USENIX MobiSys 2008
Uncontrolled Keywords:
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Subjects:
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ID Code:
41864
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Deposited On:
14 Aug 2008 10:42
Refereed?:
Yes
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Published
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10 Jan 2024 00:13