A heuristic theoretical optimal routing algorithm （TORA） is presented to achieve the data-gathering structure of location-aided quality of service （QoS） in wireless sensor networks （WSNs）. The construction of TO...A heuristic theoretical optimal routing algorithm （TORA） is presented to achieve the data-gathering structure of location-aided quality of service （QoS） in wireless sensor networks （WSNs）. The construction of TORA is based on a kind of swarm intelligence （SI） mechanism, i. e. , ant colony optimization. Firstly, the ener- gy-efficient weight is designed based on flow distribution to divide WSNs into different functional regions, so the routing selection can self-adapt asymmetric power configurations with lower latency. Then, the designs of the novel heuristic factor and the pheromone updating rule can endow ant-like agents with the ability of detecting the local networks energy status and approaching the theoretical optimal tree, thus improving the adaptability and en- ergy-efficiency in route building. Simulation results show that compared with some classic routing algorithms, TORA can further minimize the total communication energy cost and enhance the QoS performance with low-de- lay effect under the data-gathering condition.展开更多
Wireless sensor-actuator networks can bring flexibility to smart home.We design and develop a smart home prototype using wireless sensor-actuator network technology to realize environmental sensing and the control of ...Wireless sensor-actuator networks can bring flexibility to smart home.We design and develop a smart home prototype using wireless sensor-actuator network technology to realize environmental sensing and the control of electric appliances.The basic motivation of our solution is to utilize the collaboration among a mass of low-cost sensor nodes and actuator nodes to make life convenient.To achieve it,we design a novel system architecture with assembled component modules.In particular,we address some key technical challenges:1) Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) Implementation of Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation (ADPCM) for audio data;2) FPGA Implementation of Lempel Ziv Storer Szymanski (LZSS) for bulk data;3) combination of complex control logic.Finally,a set of experiments are presented to evaluate the performance of our solution.展开更多
WSN has been developing from traditional environment monitoring applications to the ubiquitous information services such as the Congestion-oriented Intelligent Transportation System （ColTS）. However, the mobility of...WSN has been developing from traditional environment monitoring applications to the ubiquitous information services such as the Congestion-oriented Intelligent Transportation System （ColTS）. However, the mobility of nodes makes data dissemination a hard nut to crack. In this paper, we propose MSDD, a multiple mobile sinks data dissemination mechanism for solving the dissemination problem. The main ideas of MSDD are constructing a two-tier grid structure by a designated sink, exploiting a hierarchical monitoring mechanism, and employing a global agent to track the sink locations in order to make the emergencies reported to the sinks immediately, In addition, MSDD supports the query-driven data dissemination. Being compared with TTDD, MSDD is theoretically proved to have less communication overhead. We also validate MSDD outperforms TTDD in reliability and the emergency delivery latency bv simulations.展开更多
This paper presents a universal platform "uSensing" to support smartphones to communicate with sensor nodes in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs).Since phones have different CPU processers and operating systems...This paper presents a universal platform "uSensing" to support smartphones to communicate with sensor nodes in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs).Since phones have different CPU processers and operating systems,it is a challenge to merge these heterogeneities and develop such a universal platform.In this paper,we design both hardware and software to support the "universal" feature of uSensing:1) "uSD" card:an IEEE 802.15.4 physical communication card with SD interface;2) "uSinkWare":a WSNs middleware running on smartphones.Integrated with uSD card and uSinkWare,phones become mobile data sinks to access into WSNs and parse messages from sensor nodes.We demonstrate the proposed uSensing platform in a commercial smartphone to connect with our WSNs testbed,and validate that the smartphone has the same WSNs functions as commercial fixed sink.Additionally,we evaluate the performance of uSensing platform through measuring phone's CPU load and power consumption,and analyze the performance of these metrics theoretically.The results suggest that the phone-based mobile sink has enough capability to serve as a mobile sink of WSNs and can work up to twenty hours due to low power consumption.展开更多
基金Supported by the Foundation of National Natural Science of China(60802005,50803016)the Science Foundation for the Excellent Youth Scholars in East China University of Science and Technology(YH0157127)the Undergraduate Innovational Experimentation Program in East China University of Science andTechnology(X1033)~~
文摘A heuristic theoretical optimal routing algorithm （TORA） is presented to achieve the data-gathering structure of location-aided quality of service （QoS） in wireless sensor networks （WSNs）. The construction of TORA is based on a kind of swarm intelligence （SI） mechanism, i. e. , ant colony optimization. Firstly, the ener- gy-efficient weight is designed based on flow distribution to divide WSNs into different functional regions, so the routing selection can self-adapt asymmetric power configurations with lower latency. Then, the designs of the novel heuristic factor and the pheromone updating rule can endow ant-like agents with the ability of detecting the local networks energy status and approaching the theoretical optimal tree, thus improving the adaptability and en- ergy-efficiency in route building. Simulation results show that compared with some classic routing algorithms, TORA can further minimize the total communication energy cost and enhance the QoS performance with low-de- lay effect under the data-gathering condition.
基金supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.61070206,No.61070205and No.60833009the National973Project of China under Grant No.2011CB302701+2 种基金the program of New Century Excellent Talents in University of China under Grant No.NCET-080737the Beijing National Natural Science Foundation under Grant No.4092030the Cosponsored Project of Beijing Committee of Education
文摘Wireless sensor-actuator networks can bring flexibility to smart home.We design and develop a smart home prototype using wireless sensor-actuator network technology to realize environmental sensing and the control of electric appliances.The basic motivation of our solution is to utilize the collaboration among a mass of low-cost sensor nodes and actuator nodes to make life convenient.To achieve it,we design a novel system architecture with assembled component modules.In particular,we address some key technical challenges:1) Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) Implementation of Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation (ADPCM) for audio data;2) FPGA Implementation of Lempel Ziv Storer Szymanski (LZSS) for bulk data;3) combination of complex control logic.Finally,a set of experiments are presented to evaluate the performance of our solution.
基金This work was supported in part by China National Natural Science Foundation under Grant 61271185,and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
文摘WSN has been developing from traditional environment monitoring applications to the ubiquitous information services such as the Congestion-oriented Intelligent Transportation System （ColTS）. However, the mobility of nodes makes data dissemination a hard nut to crack. In this paper, we propose MSDD, a multiple mobile sinks data dissemination mechanism for solving the dissemination problem. The main ideas of MSDD are constructing a two-tier grid structure by a designated sink, exploiting a hierarchical monitoring mechanism, and employing a global agent to track the sink locations in order to make the emergencies reported to the sinks immediately, In addition, MSDD supports the query-driven data dissemination. Being compared with TTDD, MSDD is theoretically proved to have less communication overhead. We also validate MSDD outperforms TTDD in reliability and the emergency delivery latency bv simulations.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.60932005China and Europe Government Cooperation Projects of the Ministry of Science and Technology under Grant No.2010DFA11680the Tsinghua Sci-Tech Project under Grant No.2011THZ0
文摘This paper presents a universal platform "uSensing" to support smartphones to communicate with sensor nodes in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs).Since phones have different CPU processers and operating systems,it is a challenge to merge these heterogeneities and develop such a universal platform.In this paper,we design both hardware and software to support the "universal" feature of uSensing:1) "uSD" card:an IEEE 802.15.4 physical communication card with SD interface;2) "uSinkWare":a WSNs middleware running on smartphones.Integrated with uSD card and uSinkWare,phones become mobile data sinks to access into WSNs and parse messages from sensor nodes.We demonstrate the proposed uSensing platform in a commercial smartphone to connect with our WSNs testbed,and validate that the smartphone has the same WSNs functions as commercial fixed sink.Additionally,we evaluate the performance of uSensing platform through measuring phone's CPU load and power consumption,and analyze the performance of these metrics theoretically.The results suggest that the phone-based mobile sink has enough capability to serve as a mobile sink of WSNs and can work up to twenty hours due to low power consumption.
