Supporting Aggregate Queries Over Ad-Hoc Wireless Sensor Networks

We show how the database community’s notion of a generic query interface for data aggregation can be applied to ad-hoc networks of sensor devices. As has been noted in the sensor network literature, aggregation is important as a data-reduction tool; networking approaches, however, have focused on application specific solutions, whereas our innetwork aggregation approach is driven by a general purpose, SQL-style interface that can execute queries over any type of sensor data while providing opportunities for significant optimization. We present a variety of techniques to improve the reliability and performance of our solution. We also show how grouped aggregates can be efficiently computed and offer a comparison to related systems and database projects.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2002
• Where: WMCSA
• Authors: Samuel Madden, Robert Szewczyk, Michael J. Franklin, David E. Culler
• Keywords: Communications, Generic Query Interface, Innetwork Aggregation Approach, Sensor Network Literature, WMCSA 2002