Research Article
Resource Discovery in Activity-Based Sensor Networks
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/PCTHEALTH.2006.361663, author={Doina Bucur and Jakob E. Bardram}, title={Resource Discovery in Activity-Based Sensor Networks}, proceedings={1st International ICST Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare}, publisher={IEEE}, proceedings_a={PERVASIVEHEALTH}, year={2007}, month={5}, keywords={Sensor networks Resource discovery Activity-Based Computing Pervasive healthcare Activity-Based Sensor Networks}, doi={10.1109/PCTHEALTH.2006.361663} }- Doina Bucur
Jakob E. Bardram
Year: 2007
Resource Discovery in Activity-Based Sensor Networks
PERVASIVEHEALTH
IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/PCTHEALTH.2006.361663
Abstract
This paper proposes a service discovery protocol for sensor networks that is specifically tailored for use in human-centered pervasive environments. It uses the high-level concept of computational activities (as logical bundles of data and resources) to give sensors in activity-based sensor networks (ABSNs) knowledge about their usage even at the network layer. ABSN redesigns classical network-level service discovery protocols to include and use this logical structuring of the network for a more practically applicable service discovery scheme. Noting that in practical settings activity-based sensor patches are localized, ABSN designs a completely distributed, hybrid discovery protocol which is proactive in a neighbourhood zone and reactive outside, tailored so that any query among the sensors of one activity is routed through the network with minimum overhead, guided by the bounds of that activity. ABSN enhances the generic extended zone routing protocol with logical sensor grouping and greatly lowers network overhead during the process of discovery, while keeping discovery latency close to optimal