Citation
Alessandro Pinto, Massimiliano D'Angelo, Carlo Fischione, Eelco Scholte, Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli. "Synthesis of Embedded Networks for Building Automation and Control". Proc. of American Control Conference (ACC 08), Seattle, Washington,, June, 2008.

Abstract
We present a methodology and a software framework for the automatic design exploration of the communication network among sensors, actuators and controllers in building automation systems. Given 1) a set of end-to-end latency, throughput and packet error rate constraints between nodes, 2) the building geometry, and 3) a library of communication components together with their performance and cost characterization, a synthesis algorithm produces a network implementation that satisfies all end-to-end constraints and that is optimal with respect to installation and maintenance cost. The methodology is applied to the synthesis of wireless networks for an essential step in any control algorithm in a distributed environment: the estimation of control variables such as temperature and air-flow in buildings.

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  Alessandro Pinto, Massimiliano D'Angelo, Carlo Fischione,
  Eelco Scholte, Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli. <a
  href="http://chess.eecs.berkeley.edu/pubs/467.html"
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  Alessandro Pinto, Massimiliano D'Angelo, Carlo Fischione,
  Eelco Scholte, Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli.
  "Synthesis of Embedded Networks for Building Automation
  and Control". Proc. of American Control Conference (ACC
  08), Seattle, Washington,, June, 2008.

• BibTeX

  @inproceedings{PintoDAngeloFischioneScholteSangiovanniVincentelli08_SynthesisOfEmbeddedNetworksForBuildingAutomationControl,
      author = {Alessandro Pinto and Massimiliano D'Angelo and
                Carlo Fischione and Eelco Scholte and Alberto
                Sangiovanni-Vincentelli},
      title = {Synthesis of Embedded Networks for Building
                Automation and Control},
      booktitle = {Proc. of American Control Conference (ACC 08),
                Seattle, Washington,},
      month = {June},
      year = {2008},
      abstract = {We present a methodology and a software framework
                for the automatic design exploration of the
                communication network among sensors, actuators and
                controllers in building automation systems. Given
                1) a set of end-to-end latency, throughput and
                packet error rate constraints between nodes, 2)
                the building geometry, and 3) a library of
                communication components together with their
                performance and cost characterization, a synthesis
                algorithm produces a network implementation that
                satisfies all end-to-end constraints and that is
                optimal with respect to installation and
                maintenance cost. The methodology is applied to
                the synthesis of wireless networks for an
                essential step in any control algorithm in a
                distributed environment: the estimation of control
                variables such as temperature and air-flow in
                buildings.},
      URL = {http://chess.eecs.berkeley.edu/pubs/467.html}
  }
  

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