Impact of Operating Systems on Wireless Sensor Networks (Security) Applications and Testbeds

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are a valuable technology to support countless applications in different areas. Given the WSN nodes resource constrained characteristics, designing energy-aware applications, communication protocols and security mechanisms are critical. The operating system (OS) runni...

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Published in2010 Proceedings of 19th International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks pp. 1 - 6
Main Authors Margi, Cíntia B, de Oliveira, Bruno T, de Sousa, Gustavo T, Simplicio, Marcos A, Barreto, Paulo S L M, Carvalho, Tereza C M B, Näslund, Mats, Gold, Richard
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.08.2010
Subjects
Current measurement
Energy consumption
Hardware
Operating systems
Security
Sensors
Wireless sensor networks
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Summary:Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are a valuable technology to support countless applications in different areas. Given the WSN nodes resource constrained characteristics, designing energy-aware applications, communication protocols and security mechanisms are critical. The operating system (OS) running on the WSN node also interferes with the node overall behavior, and its energy consumption. In this paper, we develop a comparison between two different operating systems (Contiki and TinyOS) running on the same hardware platform (Crossbow TelosB). Using a set of tasks, which includes sensing, communication and security mechanisms, we evaluate their behavior in terms of energy consumption and execution time.
ISBN:9781424471140
1424471141
ISSN:1095-2055
2637-9430
DOI:10.1109/ICCCN.2010.5560028