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LENS: resource specification for wireless sensor network experimentation infrastructures

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Mukundan Sridharan,

Yufeng XinAuthors Info & Claims

WiNTECH '11: Proceedings of the 6th ACM international workshop on Wireless network testbeds, experimental evaluation and characterization

Pages 35 - 42

https://doi.org/10.1145/2030718.2030727

Published: 19 September 2011 Publication History

Abstract

As a first step towards predictable, repeatable WSN experimentation, we propose the resource specification language LENS (a.k.a. Language for Embedded Networked Sensing) for WSN experimentation infrastructures. Using the Resource Description Framework (RDF) and the Web Ontology Language (OWL), LENS defines a semantic ontology for WSN resources; LENS enables explicit control and measurement of uncertainty factors, and it enables reasoning about the relationships between WSN resources. Focusing on basic concepts of WSNs, LENS supports resource specification in a wide range of WSN experimentation infrastructures, and it is extensible to support potentially unforeseen technologies. LENS is also compatible with specification languages for other network resources such as optical networks. As a part of the NSF GENI initiative, we have implemented LENS in the KanseiGenie control framework, and LENS has been actively used to support experimentation in the federated WSN infrastructure involving Kansei and NetEye. Enabling reasoning about uncertainty factors in experimentation, LENS is expected to serve as a basis for developing methodologies and tools for predictable, repeatable WSN experimentation.

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DOI:10.1145/2030718

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Nati MGluhak AAbangar HMeissner STafazolli R(2012)A Framework for Resource Selection in Internet of Things TestbedsTestbeds and Research Infrastructure. Development of Networks and Communities10.1007/978-3-642-35576-9_20(224-239)Online publication date: 2012
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Ju XZhang HSakamuri D(2012)NetEye: a user-centered wireless sensor network testbed for high-fidelity, robust experimentationInternational Journal of Communication Systems10.1002/dac.238125:9(1213-1229)Online publication date: 29-Aug-2012
https://doi.org/10.1002/dac.2381
Leivadeas APapagianni CParaskevas EAndroulidakis GPapavassiliou S(2011)An Architecture for Virtual Network Embedding in Wireless SystemsProceedings of the 2011 First International Symposium on Network Cloud Computing and Applications10.1109/NCCA.2011.17(62-68)Online publication date: 21-Nov-2011
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1109/NCCA.2011.17

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