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An Architecture for On-Demand Wireless Sensor Networks

abstract: Majority of the Sensor networks consist of low-cost autonomously powered devices, and are used to collect data in physical world. Today's sensor network deployments are mostly application specific & owned by a particular entity. Because of this application specific nature & the ownership boundaries, this modus operandi hinders large scale sensing & overall network operational capacity. The main goal of this research work is to create a mechanism to dynamically form personal area networks based on mote class devices spanning ownership boundaries. When coupled with an overlay based control system, this architecture can be conveniently used by a remote client to dynamically create sensor networks (personal area network based) even when the client does not own a network. The nodes here are "borrowed" from existing host networks & the application related to the newly formed network will co-exist with the native applications thanks to concurrency. The result allows users to embed a single collection tree onto spatially distant networks as if they were within communication range. This implementation consists of core operating system & various other external components that support injection maintenance & dissolution sensor network applications at client's request. A large object data dissemination protocol was designed for reliable application injection. The ability of this system to remotely reconfigure a network is useful given the high failure rate of real-world sensor network deployments. Collaborative sensing, various physical phenomenon monitoring also be considered as applications of this architecture. / Dissertation/Thesis / M.S. Computer Science 2013

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:asu.edu/item:16454
Date January 2013
ContributorsFernando, Meddage Saliya (Author), Dasgupta, Partha (Advisor), Bhattacharya, Amiya (Advisor), Gupta, Sandeep (Committee member), Arizona State University (Publisher)
Source SetsArizona State University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeMasters Thesis
Format76 pages
Rightshttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/, All Rights Reserved

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