BioNet: a developer-centric middleware architecture for heterogeneous devices and protocols

This paper overviews a wireless middleware architecture, entitled "BioNet", which is under development in support of NASA's Exploration Systems Mission. The middleware architecture is novel from the standpoint of the heterogeneity of both devices and protocols supported. A fundamental design decision allows for multi-developer system extensibility which alleviates the problem of the monopolistic single-vendor model where only the original developer of the middleware architecture can efficiently extend the system functionality