Data Management in Wireless Sensor Networks: Intermittent Sink Access

Dini, Cosmin, Lorenz, Pascal

ISBN 10: 3845430516 / ISBN 13: 9783845430515

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Data Management in Wireless Sensor Networks: Intermittent Sink Access
• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3845430516
• ISBN 13: 9783845430515
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Like New
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

Wireless Sensor Networks have evolved as an alternative to wired networks fit for quick deployments in areas with limited access. New protocols have been devices to deal with the inherent scarcity of resources that characterizes such networks. Energy efficient network protocols are used for communication between nodes. Data collected by wireless nodes is transmitted at an energy cost and therefore carefully managed. The remote deployment of wireless networks opens the possibility of malicious attacks on the data and on the infrastructure itself. Security measures have also been devised, but they come at an energy cost. One item that has received little attention is the situation of the data sink becoming unreachable. The nodes still collect data as instructed and accumulate it. Under prolonged unavailability of the sink node, the storage space on sensor nodes is used up and collecting new data is no longer feasible. Our proposal for a prioritized data reduction alleviates this problem. The collected data is divided into data units who are assigned an importance level calculated in agreement with the business case.

About the Author

Cosmin Dini is PdD student at the University of Haute Alsace. Pascal Lorenz is professor at the University of Haute Alsace.