ABSTRACT
Rapid advances in microelectronic technology coupled with integration of microelectronic radios on the same board or even on the same chip has been a powerful driver of the proliferation of a new breed of Networked Embedded Systems (NESs) over the last decade. NES are distributed computing devices with wireline and/or wireless communication interfaces embedded in a myriad of products such as automobiles, medical components, sensor networks, consumer products, and personal mobile devices. These systems have been variously referred as EmNets (Embedded Network Systems), NEST (Networked Embedded System Technology), and NES [1-3].
