4th International ICST Conference on Communication System Software and Middleware

Research Article

Applying and Extending Sensor Web Enablement to a Telecare Sensor Network Architecture

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1145/1621890.1621898,
        author={Gavin E. Churcher and Jeff Foley},
        title={Applying and Extending Sensor Web Enablement to a Telecare Sensor Network Architecture},
        proceedings={4th International ICST Conference on Communication System Software and Middleware},
        publisher={ACM},
        proceedings_a={COMSWARE},
        year={2010},
        month={5},
        keywords={Complex Event Processing Sensor Web Enablement Telecare.},
        doi={10.1145/1621890.1621898}
    }
    
  • Gavin E. Churcher
    Jeff Foley
    Year: 2010
    Applying and Extending Sensor Web Enablement to a Telecare Sensor Network Architecture
    COMSWARE
    ACM
    DOI: 10.1145/1621890.1621898
Gavin E. Churcher1,*, Jeff Foley2,*
  • 1: BT Research Adastral Park, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich IP5 3RE +44 (0)1473 607860
  • 2: BT Research Adastral Park, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich IP5 3RE +44 (0)1473 609590
*Contact email: gavin.churcher@bt.com, jeff.foley@bt.com

Abstract

The standards being proposed by the Sensor Web Enablement Working Group offer methods for virtualizing sensor data into a common, self-describing format, utilizing access mechanisms based on HTTP. An external application is able to discover and access different sensor offerings, understand the data format used and even specify that it should be notified of certain conditions in the sensor data. This paper examines how an existing sensor network platform in the telecare domain can make use of these standards and in particular provides a case for a proposed extension to the publish/subscribe model, the Sensor Alert Service. Concepts taken from Complex Event Processing engines are explored in the context of this particular telecare platform, where it is shown that there are clear advantages to extending the standard.