Filaments : lightweight network interfaces for embedded devices

Filaments are low-cost interfaces for attaching devices to an Ethernet network. While most networking research pushes for faster high-end systems, the filament project targets low-end devices with the goal of making networking easy. Filaments wrap the complexity of the network into a simple and convenient package. The vast majority of device communications require only a tiny thread or filament of connectivity. Before filaments, one could either tie each device to a desktop PC or to deploy a specialized device network. Filaments allow you to leverage the same network used by desktop computers without making devices dependent on them.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

1998

Author dc:creator

• Anderson, Pehr C. (Pehr Christian), 1974-

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Neil Gershenfeld.

• Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

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eng

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/46249

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