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Abstract - Technical Program - ES 99
The Personal Node (PN)
Gregory G. Finn and Joe Touch, University of Southern California
Abstract
A Personal Node (PN) is a small, wallet-sized device
that integrates people into the Internet. A PN
incorporates wireless communication, limited user I/O,
and local environmental telemetry to catalyze the
coordination of other smart space (SS) and network
devices for the userÕs benefit. By themselves SSs are not
aware of the people in them and people are not
aware of what is in a SS. The PN allows the SS to
interact continuously with a person, and a person to
interact continuously with the space, mediating the
interaction with the help of other devices throughout the
system. A PN is an individualÕs networking focal point.
As the user roams about, a PN persistently maintains
user presence on the internetwork. This represents the
final and missing link in SSs, bringing the user in as a
system resource and participant.
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