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The convergence of communication and computation over the past two decades has given us the Internet. We believe that the next phase of the information technology revolution will be the convergence of control, communication, and computation. This will provide the ability for large numbers of sensors, actuators, and computational units, all interconnected wirelessly or over wires, to interact with the physical environment. We argue that in the proliferation of this “convergence,” a critical role will be played by the architecture. We describe an experimental Convergence Testbed at the University of Illinois, outline the architectural challenges, and our efforts in this direction.
This material is based upon work partially supported by USARO under Contract Nos. DAAD19-00-1-0466 and DAAD19-01010-465, DARPA under Contract Nos. N00014-01-1-0576 and F33615-01-C-1905, AFOSR under Contract No. F49620-02-1-0217, DARPA/AFOSR under Contract No. F49620-02-1-0325, and NSF under Contract No. NSF ANI 02-21357. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the above agencies. Captain Graham is studying under U.S. Air Force sponsorship through the AFIT/CI program.
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Graham, S., Kumar, P.R. (2003). The Convergence of Control, Communication, and Computation. In: Conti, M., Giordano, S., Gregori, E., Olariu, S. (eds) Personal Wireless Communications. PWC 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2775. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-39867-7_44
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