[Tinyos-devel] Request for comments: TEP-118

[Razvan Musaloiu-E.]

Hi!

On Mon, 14 Jan 2008, Omprakash Gnawali wrote:

> Razvan pointed out:
>
> "I was looking at the TEP118 about dissemination and I didn't notice if it
> specifies if the changed() from DisseminationValue is signaled also
> locally for the motes that initiate an update."
>
> I guess it becomes easier for an application/applications on a mote to
> learn about the updates in the network without having to treat
> self-generated updates as a special case. Otherwise you would need a
> different way to share the state between the component that is
> tracking the updates and the component that is generating the updates.

I agree that the self-generated updates should not be different from the 
ones from the network but I would also like to note that right now Drip 
doesn't behave in this way.

--
Razvan ME

> On Jan 3, 2008 12:23 PM, Bhaskar Krishnamachari <bhaskark2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Dear TinyOS developers,
>>
>>   I have been asked to help shepherd TEP 118 on Dissemination.  This
>> TinyOS enhancement proposal documents interfaces, components, and
>> semantics for reliably delivering small pieces of data to every node
>> in a network.
>>
>> Getting feedback from other TinyOS developers is an essential
>> component of the TEP process. I am looking for some volunteers to read
>> over this TEP and give comments to me. I will then work with the
>> authors of the TEP to revise the proposal based on your comments.
>>
>> The current draft for the TEP can be found at
>> http://tinyos.cvs.sourceforge.net/*checkout*/tinyos/tinyos-2.x/doc/html/tep118.html
>>
>> Please contact me by email directly at bkrishna at usc.edu or
>> bhaskark2 at gmail.com if
>> you are willing to help with this.
>>
>> Best,
>> Bhaskar Krishnamachari,
>> University of Southern California
>>
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