99--TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OPPORTUNITY BYZANTINE FAULT-TOLERANT ANDSELF-STABILIZING PROTOCOL

NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, VA solicits inquiries from companies interested in obtaining license rights to commercialize, manufacture and market the following technology. License rights may be issued on an exclusive or nonexclusive basis and may include specific fields of use. THE TECHNOLOGY: Scientists at NASA Langley Research Center have developed and verified an approach to creating a self-stabilizing and Byzantine fault-tolerant protocol for distributed clock synchronization systems. Distributed computing systems are finding increasing usage in applications where individual nodes are operating independently, yet are linked into and serving the needs of a larger, more complex system. Clock synchronization is an example of a critical function for many distributed systems, and thus, fault tolerance and self-stabilization of clock synchronization are of key importance. To express interest in this opportunity, please respond to [email protected] with the title of this Technology Transfer Opportunity as listed in this FBO notice and your preferred contact information. Please also provide the nature of your interest in the technology along with a brief background of your company. For more information about licensing other NASA-developed technologies, please visit the NASA Technology Transfer Portal at http://technology.nasa.gov/ . These responses are provided to members of NASA Langleys Office of Strategic Analysis and Business Development OSACB for the purpose of promoting public awareness of NASA-developed technology products, and conducting preliminary market research to determine public interest in and potential for future licensing opportunities. If direct licensing interest results from this posting, OSACB will follow the required formal licensing process of posting in the Federal Register. No follow-on procurement is expected to result from responses to this Notice.