Design of an intelligent middleware for flexible sensor configuration in M2M systems

Niels Reijers, Kwei Jay Lin, Yu Chung Wang, Chi Sheng Shih, Jane Y. Hsu

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Abstract

Most current sensor network applications are built for fixed sensor platforms with a specific wireless network support, building on top of a lightweight OS or even directly on the hardware, and writing applications in an imperative way and from each local node's perspective. This results in software that supports only a specific set of sensors, and difficult to be ported to other platforms. Such software is not acceptable in machine-to-machine (M2M) systems where applications must run on platforms that are inter-operatable and may evolve with time. In this paper we present a project on building intelligent middleware for M2M. The middleware is designed to perform automatic sensor identification, node configuration, application upgrade, and system re-configuration. It allows system developers to specify the application behavior at a higher level, instead of telling each sensor node what to do. A prototype design is presented, as well as the status of our current implementation.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSENSORNETS 2013 - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Sensor Networks
Pages41-46
Number of pages6
StatePublished - 2013
Externally publishedYes
Event2nd International Conference on Sensor Networks, SENSORNETS 2013 - Barcelona, Spain
Duration: 19 02 201321 02 2013

Publication series

NameSENSORNETS 2013 - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Sensor Networks

Conference

Conference2nd International Conference on Sensor Networks, SENSORNETS 2013
Country/TerritorySpain
CityBarcelona
Period19/02/1321/02/13

Keywords

  • Configuration
  • Machine-to-machine
  • Middleware
  • Policy
  • Profile
  • Virtual machine
  • Wireless sensor networks

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