2nd International IEEE/Create-Net Conference on Testbeds and Research Infrastructures for the Development of Networks and Communities

Research Article

The IBM wireless sensor networking testbed

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/TRIDNT.2006.1649126  ,
        author={Simeon  Furrer and Wolfgang  Schott and Hong Linh  Truong and Beat  Weiss},
        title={The IBM wireless sensor networking testbed},
        proceedings={2nd International IEEE/Create-Net Conference on Testbeds and Research Infrastructures for the Development of Networks and Communities},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={TRIDENTCOM},
        year={2006},
        month={7},
        keywords={},
        doi={10.1109/TRIDNT.2006.1649126  }
    }
    
  • Simeon Furrer
    Wolfgang Schott
    Hong Linh Truong
    Beat Weiss
    Year: 2006
    The IBM wireless sensor networking testbed
    TRIDENTCOM
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.1109/TRIDNT.2006.1649126
Simeon Furrer1,*, Wolfgang Schott1,*, Hong Linh Truong1,*, Beat Weiss1,*
  • 1: IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, CH-8803 Rüschlikon, Switzerland
*Contact email: sfu@zurich.ibm.com, sct@zurich.ibm.com, hlt@zurich.ibm.com, wei@zurich.ibm.com

Abstract

This paper describes the wireless sensor networking testbed built at the IBM Zurich Research Laboratory. The testbed has been used to address a wealth of exciting research challenges. Performance evaluations have been carried out with short-range wireless communication technologies, which are highly relevant for sensor networking such as IEEE 802.15.4/ZigBee networks, Bluetooth WPANs, and IEEE 802.11b WLANs. With the testbed, the merits of wireless mesh networking for range extension and reliability enhancement have been explored. New light-weight messaging protocols for communication between sensors and an application server have been tested which allow to bring messaging-oriented middleware down to very low-end sensors and actuators. In addition, the testbed has been used to develop sensor applications for remote metering and location-sensing.