Elon: enabling efficient and long-term reprogramming for wireless sensor networks

We present a new mechanism called Elon for enabling efficient and long-term reprogramming in wireless sensor networks. Elon reduces the transferred code size significantly by introducing the concept of replaceable component. It avoids the cost of hardware reboot with a novel software reboot mechanism. Moreover, it significantly prolongs the reprogramming lifetime by avoiding flash writes for TelosB nodes. Experimental results show that Elon transfers up to 120

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2010
• Where: SIGMETRICS
• Authors: Wei Dong, Yunhao Liu, Xiaofan Wu, Lin Gu, Chun Chen
• Keywords: Elon, Hardware, Reprogramming, SIGMETRICS 2010, Wireless Sensor Network