Realizing a Synergetic WSN Architecture for All Resources
Sharief Oteafy, Hossam S. Hassanein · 2014
This chapter presents a framework for classifying resources that contribute to the set of functional capacities of WSNs deployed in a given region, and the mapping of functional requirements set by multiple applications on these resources. It argues on the importance of successful utilization of transient resources in WSN longevity, cost reduction and dynamicity. An optimization heuristic is presented for this mapping, with tunable rounds that cater for the temporal behavior of the network and its constituting resources. The chapter also encompasses backward compatibility and non-ownership of these resources, which often arise as the counter arguments for cross-network resource utilization. The chapter focuses the transient category in synergy to other static resources. Thus, abstracting the attributes of resources across contributors allows for a homogeneous utilization of all resources, based on utility and cost rather than their providing devices.