Macroprogramming Heterogeneous Sensor Networks Using COSMOS

In this paper, the authors present COSMOS, a novel architecture for macro programming heterogeneous sensor network systems. Macro programming entails aggregate system behavior specification, as opposed to device-specific applications that indirectly express distributed behavior through explicit messaging between nodes. COSMOS is comprised of a macro programming language, mPL, and an operating system, mOS. mPL macroprograms specify distributed system behavior using statically verifiable compositions of reusable user-provided, or system supported functional components.