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TY - GEN
T1 - MWM
T2 - A map-based world model for wireless sensor networks
AU - Khelil, A.
AU - Shaikh, F.K.
AU - Ayari, B.
AU - Suri, Neeraj
PY - 2011/9/23
Y1 - 2011/9/23
N2 - A prominent functionality of a Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) is environmental monitoring. For this purpose the WSN creates a model for the real world by using abstractions to parse the collected data. Being cross-layer and application-oriented, most of WSN research does not allow for a widely accepted abstraction. A few approaches such as database-oriented and publish/subscribe provide acceptable abstractions by reducing application dependency and hiding communication details. Unfortunately, these approaches ignore the spatial correlation of sensor readings and still address single sensor nodes. In this work we present a novel approach based on a \world model" that exploits the spatial correlation of sensor readings and represents them as a collection of regions called maps. Maps are a natural way for the presentation of the physical world and its physical phenomena over space and time. Our Map-based World Model (MWM) abstracts from low-level communication issues and supports general applications by allowing for efficient event detection, prediction and queries. In addition our MWM unifies the monitoring of physical phenomena with network monitoring which maximizes its generality. Using two case studies we highlight the simplicity and also the versatility of the proposed architecture. From our approach we deduce a general modeling and design methodology for WSNs. Copyright © 2008 ICST.
AB - A prominent functionality of a Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) is environmental monitoring. For this purpose the WSN creates a model for the real world by using abstractions to parse the collected data. Being cross-layer and application-oriented, most of WSN research does not allow for a widely accepted abstraction. A few approaches such as database-oriented and publish/subscribe provide acceptable abstractions by reducing application dependency and hiding communication details. Unfortunately, these approaches ignore the spatial correlation of sensor readings and still address single sensor nodes. In this work we present a novel approach based on a \world model" that exploits the spatial correlation of sensor readings and represents them as a collection of regions called maps. Maps are a natural way for the presentation of the physical world and its physical phenomena over space and time. Our Map-based World Model (MWM) abstracts from low-level communication issues and supports general applications by allowing for efficient event detection, prediction and queries. In addition our MWM unifies the monitoring of physical phenomena with network monitoring which maximizes its generality. Using two case studies we highlight the simplicity and also the versatility of the proposed architecture. From our approach we deduce a general modeling and design methodology for WSNs. Copyright © 2008 ICST.
KW - Event Detection
KW - Monitoring
KW - Wireless Sensor Networks
KW - Sensor nodes
KW - Wireless sensor networks
KW - Application-oriented
KW - Environmental Monitoring
KW - Event detection
KW - General applications
KW - Network Monitoring
KW - Physical phenomena
KW - Proposed architectures
KW - Spatial correlations
KW - Abstracting
U2 - 10.4108/ICST.AUTONOMICS2008.4523
DO - 10.4108/ICST.AUTONOMICS2008.4523
M3 - Conference contribution/Paper
SN - 9789639799349
BT - Autonomics
PB - EUDL
ER -