s2s_api.md

S2S (Scout to Scout) API

Introduction

API calls from coordinator scout to scout to share knowledge of learning such as examples or models. Uses Request-Response messaging. The network can be bandwidth constrained with FireQOS (1Mbps in the paper).

List of calls in Hawk Admin API:

• s2s_configure_scout
• s2s_get_tile
• s2s_add_tile_and_label
• s2s_send_data

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API Calls

s2s_configure_scout

Call to configure scout with user specified hyperparameters

Input:

• ScoutConfiguration

Output:

• None

s2s_get_tile

Call to get contents of requested tile ids

Input:

• TileMetadata

Output:

• HawkObject

s2s_add_tile_and_label

Call to transmit labeled image with metadata (labels / bounding box)

Input:

• LabeledTile

Output:

• None

s2s_send_data

Call to send internal messages (bytes) between scouts

Input:

• bytes

Output:

• bytes