An Information Driven Sensornet Architecture

Most sensor networks do not support QoS or heterogeneity. As a result, current sensor networks are not suited for next-generation applications, such as wireless building automation, process control or medical applications. In this paper, we present an alternative architecture wherein the system is r...

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Published in2009 Third International Conference on Sensor Technologies and Applications pp. 553 - 561
Main Authors De Poorter, E., Moerman, I., Demeester, P.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.06.2009
Subjects
Automation
Biomedical equipment
Buildings
Energy efficiency
heterogeneity
Intelligent sensors
Intelligent systems
Medical services
Next generation networking
Process control
QoS
sensornet architecture
system architecture
Wireless sensor networks
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Summary:Most sensor networks do not support QoS or heterogeneity. As a result, current sensor networks are not suited for next-generation applications, such as wireless building automation, process control or medical applications. In this paper, we present an alternative architecture wherein the system is responsible for packet creation and packet manipulation. To support QoS, energy-efficiency and heterogeneity, the system intelligently combines information exchanges from multiple network protocols in a single packet. We demonstrate that this approach is better suited for very demanding applications and prove that this approach is much more scalable, in terms of memory requirements, than tradition system architectures.
ISBN:9780769536699
0769536697
DOI:10.1109/SENSORCOMM.2009.92