Deployment Support Network

In this paper, we present the Deployment Support Network (DSN), a new methodology for developing and testing wireless sensor networks (WSN) in a realistic environment. With an additional wireless backbone network a deployed WSN can be observed, controlled, and reprogrammed completely over the air. The DSN provides visibility and control in a similar way as existing emulation testbeds, but overcomes the limitations of wired infrastructures. As a result, development and experiments can be conducted with realistic in- and outdoor deployments. The paper describes the new concept and methodology. Additionally, an architecture-independent implementation of the toolkit is presented, which has been used in an industrial case-study.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2007
• Where: EWSN
• Authors: Matthias Dyer, Jan Beutel, Thomas Kalt, Patrice Oehen, Lothar Thiele, Kevin Martin, Philipp Blum
• Keywords: Deployed Wsn, DSN Provides Visibility, EWSN 2007, Wireless Backbone Network, Wireless Networks