Research Article
Self-Managed Cell: A Middleware for Managing Body-Sensor Networks
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/MOBIQ.2007.4451009, author={Sye Loong Keoh and Naranker Dulay and Emil Lupu and Kevin Twidle and Alberto E. Schaeffer-Filho and Morris Slom and Steven Heeps and Stephen Strowes and Joe Sventek}, title={Self-Managed Cell: A Middleware for Managing Body-Sensor Networks}, proceedings={4th International ICST Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking and Services}, publisher={IEEE}, proceedings_a={MOBIQUITOUS}, year={2008}, month={2}, keywords={adaptive sensing autonomic management policy-based adaptation reconfigurable networks}, doi={10.1109/MOBIQ.2007.4451009} }- Sye Loong Keoh
Naranker Dulay
Emil Lupu
Kevin Twidle
Alberto E. Schaeffer-Filho
Morris Slom
Steven Heeps
Stephen Strowes
Joe Sventek
Year: 2008
Self-Managed Cell: A Middleware for Managing Body-Sensor Networks
MOBIQUITOUS
IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/MOBIQ.2007.4451009
Abstract
Body sensor networks consisting of low-power onbody wireless sensors attached to mobile users will be used in the future to monitor the health and well being of patients in hospitals or at home. Such systems need to adapt autonomously to changes in context, user activity, device failure, and the availability or loss of services. To this end, we propose a policybased architecture that uses the concept of a Self-Managed Cell (SMC) to integrate services, managed resources and a policy interpreter by means of an event bus. Policies permit the declarative specification of adaptation strategy for selfconfiguration and self-management. We present the design and implementation of the SMC and describe its potential use in a scenario for management of heart monitoring. Preliminary performance measurements are also presented and discussed.
