Smart Messages: a system architecture for large networks of embedded systems

We propose a system architecture and a computing model, based on Smart Messages (SMs), for computation and communication in large networks of embedded systems. In this model, communication is realized by sending SMs in the network. These messages are comprised of code, which is executed at each hop in the path of the message, and data which the message carries in the network. The execution at each hop determines the next hop in the message's path - SMs are responsible for their own routing.