FACTS &#8211; A Rule-based Middleware Architecture for Wireless Sensor Networks

Kirsten  Terfloth; Georg  Wittenburg; Jochen  Schiller

1st International ICST Conference on Communication System Software and MiddleWare

Research Article

FACTS – A Rule-based Middleware Architecture for Wireless Sensor Networks

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/COMSWA.2006.1665162,
    author={Kirsten  Terfloth  and Georg  Wittenburg  and Jochen  Schiller },
    title={FACTS \&\#8211; A Rule-based Middleware Architecture for Wireless Sensor Networks},
    proceedings={1st International ICST Conference on Communication System Software and MiddleWare},
    publisher={IEEE},
    proceedings_a={COMSWARE},
    year={2006},
    month={8},
    keywords={Wireless sensor networks middleware event-centric architecture rule-based language qualitative simulation},
    doi={10.1109/COMSWA.2006.1665162}
}

Kirsten Terfloth
Georg Wittenburg
Jochen Schiller
Year: 2006
FACTS – A Rule-based Middleware Architecture for Wireless Sensor Networks
COMSWARE
IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/COMSWA.2006.1665162

Kirsten Terfloth ¹^,*, Georg Wittenburg ²^,*, Jochen Schiller ¹^,*

1: Freie Universität Berlin Takustr. 9 14195 Berlin +49 (0) 30 838 75211
2: Freie Universität Berlin Takustr. 9 14195 Berlin +49 (0) 30 20256233

*Contact email: terfloth@inf.fu-berlin.de, wittenbu@inf.fu-berlin.de, schiller@inf.fu-berlin.de

Abstract

Introducing a middleware layer into wireless sensor networks is a widely accepted solution to facilitate application programming and to allow network organization. In this paper we introduce FACTS, a highly flexible middleware architecture able to provide support for a wide range of different applications. Instead of developing middleware and application apart from one another, we seek to combine them at programming level. Our rule-based language, tailored to this concept and the domain of networked sensors, enables high-level software development. The objective is to combine advantages of event-centric processing and rule-based execution while preserving low resource usage

Keywords: Wireless sensor networks middleware event-centric architecture rule-based language qualitative simulation

Published: 2006-08-07
Publisher: IEEE

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/COMSWA.2006.1665162

FACTS &#8211; A Rule-based Middleware Architecture for Wireless Sensor Networks

Abstract

FACTS – A Rule-based Middleware Architecture for Wireless Sensor Networks