%T A Self\-Configuring Distributed Kernel for Satellite Networks
%A  Scott Cannon,  Larry Denys
%E Peter H. Welch,  Andr\[`e] W. P. Bakkers
%B Communicating Process Architectures 2000
%X The Space Software Laboratory is developing a
   self\-configuring distributed kernel to be used on future
   satellite missions. The completion of this system will allow
   a network of heterogeneous processor nodes to communicate
   and broadcast in a scalable, self\-configuring manner. Node
   applications software will be transparent to the underlying
   network architecture, message routing, and number of network
   nodes. Nodes may halt or be reset and later rejoin the
   network. The kernel will support in\-flight programming of
   individual nodes.