1. Implementation of TCP for Ad Hoc Networks (ATCP) in FreeBSD 4.2. ATCP is fully interoperable with standard internet protocols. However, it reduces the energy consumed by 4x to 6x in comparison with TCP. ATCP/FreeBSD4.2.
2. Implementation of MoRE (Multiresolution Resource and Energy Maps) in NS-2. This software enable the manager to monitor the resource and energy information in the network. MoRE Maps

A distributed battlesite/sensor network consists of autonomous sensor webs, roaming users with mobile nodes, and gateway nodes to collect and disseminate information from the field. In such a power constrained distributed system, reducing energy consumption at all levels of computing and communications is essential to increasing the operational life of the system. The objectives of PACMAN project are to develop a mathematical framework that incorporates key features of computing nodes and networking elements that contribute to energy cost and use this framework for designing innovative energy efficient algorithms for signal processing and communication applications. The task of algorithm design optimized for energy, execution time, communication delay, and bandwidth opens up a new algorithm design space where the goal is to achieve power efficiency while meeting acceptable task-level functionality.

As part of this project, we will develop functional simulators that will enable us to evaluate algorithm level and communication level costs for different architectures. This research project is a collaborative effort between The University Of Southern California(USC) and The  Portland  State University(PSU).

Issues Addressed By The Project:

1. Computation models of compute nodes which characterize their power dissipation behavior.
2. Radio Models which characterize the power dissipation of wireless links attached to the mobile and sensor nodes. Multiresolution maps for representing and maintaining information about energy and other resources present in a distributed power constrained network.
3. A unified framework which will integrate the different models to facilitate analysis and optimization.
4. Techniques for developing power aware signal processing library which includes power as an algorithm design constaint.
5. Algorithm techniques to perform collaborative signal processing tasks to a distributed sensor network.
6. Algorithms for energy efficient generic collective communication primitives that satisfy the QOS requirements.
7. Integration of power dissipation models in computing nodes to enhance public-domain simulator.

   
   Our approach is to exploit energy saving opportunities at multiple levels--from application algorithms to physical link level communications.With a given application QOS, we will consider various tradeoffs including accuracy and energy spent in computational algorithms,energy and performance in coordinated communications, and transmission bandwidth and delay at the radio links. For routing, multicasting, and channel access, we will leverage from prior work on power aware protocols. We will also employ algorithm accessible middleware hooks, based on Advanced Configuration And Power Interface (ACPI), to control and conserve power in hardware subsystems. Using this integrated approach, a significant reduction in (energy*Delay) will be achieved for generic convincing applications.