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A Service Approach for Architecting Application Independent Wireless Sensor Networks

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The current sensor networks are assumed to be designed for specific applications, having data communication protocols strongly coupled to applications. The future sensor networks are envisioned as comprising heterogeneous devices assisting to a large range of applications. To achieve this goal, a new architecture approach is needed, having application specific features separated from the data communication protocol, while influencing its behavior. We propose a Web Services approach for the design of sensor network, in which sensor nodes are service providers and applications are clients of such services. Our main goal is to enable a flexible architecture in which sensor networks data can be accessed by users spread all over the world.

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    Flávia Coimbra Delicato

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    Paulo F. Pires

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    Luci Pirmez & Luiz Fernando Rust da Costa Carmo

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Flávia Delicato received a M.Sc. degree on computer science in 2000 from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Currently she is a doctoral candidate on computer science at the same University. Her research interests include wireless networks, wireless sensor networks, web services and communication protocols.

Paulo F. Pires received a M.Sc. Degree on computer science in 1997 and a D.SC. degree on computer science in 2002 both from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. During the year 2000 he worked as visiting researcher at the CLIP lab in University of Maryland (USA). Currently he is a collaborator professor at the Department of Computer Science of Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. His current research interests include: transaction models for the Web environment, Web service composition, system integration architectures, and formal modeling tools for distributed systems. Dr. Pires is a member of ACM.

Luci Pirmez received a B.Sc degree on computer science in 1981, a M.Sc. degree on computer science in 1986 and the D.SC degree on computer science in 1996 from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She is a member of research staff of the Computer Center of Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Her research interests include wireless networks, wireless sensor networks, networks management and security and formal description techniques for communication protocols.

Luiz Fernando Rust da Costa Carmo received a B.S. degree on electronic engineering in 1984, and a M.Sc. degree on computer science in 1988, both from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and the Ph.D. degree on computer science in 1994, from the Laboratory for Analysis and Architecture of Systems French National Organization for Scientific Research (LAAS/CNRS), Toulouse, France. He is a member of research staff of the computer center of Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. His research interests include formal description techniques for communication protocols and communication protocols for distributed systems. Presently, he is spending a sabbatical period at the Research Center of the United Technologies company.

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Delicato, F.C., Pires, P.F., Pirmez, L. et al. A Service Approach for Architecting Application Independent Wireless Sensor Networks. Cluster Comput 8, 211–221 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10586-005-6186-4

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