<s>
MobiCon	O
is	O
a	O
middleware	O
computing	B-Device
platform	I-Device
centered	O
on	O
developing	O
energy	O
efficient	O
human	O
activity	O
applications	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
Korean	O
Advanced	O
Institute	O
of	O
Technology	O
(	O
KAIST	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Louisiana	O
State	O
University	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MobiCon	O
revolutionizes	O
sensor	B-Architecture
networks	I-Architecture
by	O
determining	O
which	O
sensors	O
would	O
be	O
active	O
for	O
the	O
application	B-Application
rather	O
than	O
sensing	O
all	O
sensors	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Depending	O
on	O
application	B-Application
demand	O
,	O
the	O
MobiCon	O
platform	O
selects	O
which	O
resource	O
optimization	O
plan	O
to	O
execute	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
ensure	O
that	O
all	O
applications	O
receive	O
resources	O
they	O
need	O
in	O
the	O
most	O
efficient	O
manner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MobiCon	O
is	O
an	O
initial	O
attempt	O
to	O
provide	O
an	O
active	O
resource	O
orchestration	O
system	O
,	O
recognizing	O
the	O
personal-area-network-scale	O
sensor-rich	O
mobile	O
platform	O
as	O
a	O
common	O
underlying	O
computing	B-Device
platform	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
application	B-Application
must	O
efficiently	O
share	O
the	O
limited	O
resources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Without	O
system-level	O
support	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
each	O
individual	O
application	B-Application
has	O
an	O
extremely	O
limited	O
view	O
of	O
the	O
existence	O
or	O
resource	O
uses	O
of	O
other	O
applications	O
,	O
and	O
further	O
cannot	O
negotiate	O
with	O
the	O
concurrent	O
applications	O
for	O
coordinated	O
and	O
efficient	O
resource	O
utilization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MobiCon	O
Middleware	O
Computing	B-Device
Platform	I-Device
can	O
seamlessly	O
adapt	O
the	O
resources	O
committed	O
to	O
each	O
application	B-Application
so	O
that	O
all	O
system	O
resources	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
the	O
most	O
efficiently	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MobiCon	O
prepares	O
multiple	O
alternative	O
resource	O
use	O
plans	O
that	O
process	O
a	O
high-level	O
context	O
from	O
applications	O
resulting	O
from	O
the	O
diversity	O
of	O
semantic	B-Application
translation	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
MobiCon	O
was	O
tested	O
by	O
a	O
team	O
of	O
Researchers	O
including	O
Seungwoo	O
Kang	O
and	O
S	O
.	O
Sitharama	O
Iyengar	O
on	O
two	O
platforms	B-Device
–	O
standard	O
C/C	O
++	O
over	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
open	O
C/C	O
++	O
over	O
S60	O
SDK	O
and	O
Symbian	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
prototype	B-Application
processor	O
included	O
eight	O
featured	O
extraction	O
using	O
kiss_fft	O
,	O
a	O
fast	O
Fourier	O
transform	O
library	O
to	O
derive	O
frequency-domain	O
features	O
while	O
also	O
providing	O
a	O
recognition	O
module	O
that	O
implemented	O
a	O
decision	B-Algorithm
tree	I-Algorithm
algorithm	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
MobiCon	O
prototype	B-Application
shows	O
superior	O
scalability	O
and	O
energy	O
efficiency	O
.	O
</s>
