A survey of middleware for sensor network and challenges

被引:28
作者
Molla, Mohammad M. [1 ]
Ahamed, Sheikh Iqbal [1 ]
机构
[1] Marquette Univ, Milwaukee, WI 53233 USA
来源
2006 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PARALLEL PROCESSING WORKSHOPS, PROCEEDINGS | 2006年
关键词
middleware; sensor networks; challenges for middleware; TinyOS;
D O I
10.1109/ICPPW.2006.18
中图分类号
TP3 [计算技术、计算机技术];
学科分类号
0812 ;
摘要
In recent years, Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) has emerged as a highly important research area. Middleware for WSN facilitates development and deployment of a large number of applications such as smart environments, weather forecasting, bridge monitoring, health applications, etc. for sensor networks. But due to resource constraints, unreliability of wireless networks, and diversity in available sensor hardware, middleware for WSN presents a number of new challenges. In this paper, we try to find out and elaborate various challenges associated with the development of middleware for WSN. We present a comparative study of several existing middleware and how they address those challenges. In doing so, we point out the limitations of present generation middleware for sensor networks. We also illustrate how much more work needs to be done to make middleware for WSN suitable for general purpose usage in real world.
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页码:223 / +
页数:4
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