Generic architecture for sensor network applications | A generic software architecture for portable applications in heterogeneous wireless sensor networks

Soledad Escolar (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 3843370206 / ISBN 13: 9783843370202

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2010

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Generic architecture for sensor network applications | A generic software architecture for portable applications in heterogeneous wireless sensor networks | Soledad Escolar (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | 280 S. | Englisch | 2010 | LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing | EAN 9783843370202 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: BoD - Books on Demand, In de Tarpen 42, 22848 Norderstedt, info[at]bod[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Generic architecture for sensor network applications | A generic software architecture for portable applications in heterogeneous wireless sensor networks
• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3843370206
• ISBN 13: 9783843370202
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 220W x 150H x 18D millimeters 220 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 18 millimeters depth
• Weight: 435 grams
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Synopsis

In the last years, wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are acquiring more importance as a promising technology based on tiny devices called sensor nodes or motes able to monitor a wide range of physical phenomenon through sensors. The severe hardware restrictions of sensor nodes in relation to computation, communication and specifically, energy, have posed new technical and conceptual challenges. In particular, research is moving towards heterogeneous networks that will contain different devices running custom WSN operating systems. Operating systems specifically designed for sensor nodes are intended to efficiently manage the hardware resources and facilitate the programming. Nevertheless, they often lack the generality and the high-level abstractions expected at this abstraction layer. The book address the problem of designing and implementing a generic sensor node-centric architecture distinguishing clearly the different abstraction levels in a sensor node. Programming language extensions have to be also specified on top of the architecture, in order to write portable applications. In this way, architecture deals with the problem of heterogeneity and portability.

About the Author

Soledad Escolar Díaz is a teaching assistant since 2004 at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Spain). She received her Ph.D in Computer Science in 2010. Her research interests are focused on wireless sensor networks, in particular sensor network architectures, applications programming and operating systems for embedded systems.