Efficient Integration of Web Services in Ambient-aware Sensor Network Applications

Sensor webs are heterogeneous collections of sensor devices that collect information and interact with the environment. They consist of wireless sensor networks that are ensembles of small, smart, and cheap sensing and computing devices that permeate the environment as well as high-bandwidth rich sensors such as satellite imaging systems, meteorological stations, air quality stations, and security cameras. Emergency response, homeland security, and many other applications have a very real need to interconnect such diverse networks and access information in real-time. While Internet protocols and Web standards provide well-developed mechanisms for accessing this information, linking such mechanisms with resource-constrained sensor networks is very challenging because of the volatility of the communication links. This paper presents a service-oriented programming model for sensor networks which permits discovery and access of Web services. Sensor network applications are realized as grap...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: BROADNETS
• Authors: Isaac Amundson, Manish Kushwaha, Xenofon D. Koutsoukos, Sandeep Neema, Janos Sztipanovits
• Keywords: BROADNETS 2006, Computer Networks, Sensor, Sensor Networks, Wireless Sensor Networks