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A radio network is described for configuring, monitoring, and diagnosing the
components of a computer system. Such a network offers several advantages: (a)
It improves the robustness of the overall system by not having the monitoring
functions rely on the interconnect of the monitored system; (b) by broadcasting
information, it offers direct communication between the monitoring and
monitored components thereby removing dependencies inherent to hierarchical and
daisy-chained wired networks; (c) it does not rely on a physical interconnect
thereby lowering implementation cost, offering non-intrusive monitoring, and
improving reliability thanks to the lack of error- and failure-prone cables and
connectors.
This report is an extended version of a paper presented at HOTI 2002, Stanford,
California, August 2002. It received the Most Interesting New Topic
Award.
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