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Title | ||
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TinyNET—a tiny network framework for TinyOS: description, implementation, and experimentation |
Abstract | ||
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In this paper we present TinyNET, a modular framework allowing development and quick integration of protocols and applications for Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) in TinyOS. The motivation behind TinyNET is two-fold: on one hand it allows to adopt a divide-and-conquer approach in the development of any TinyOS application; on the other hand it provides a flexible administration of network protocols. As a sample development using TinyNET, we consider an environmental monitoring application, and test it over a floor-wide WSN testbed. Data are converge-casted toward a sink node, which gathers all data collected by the sensors. Routing toward the sink is achieved by means of a hop count (HC) based algorithm. Our framework also integrates support for the 6LowPAN standard (providing, e.g., per-sensor queries and pings). Thanks to TinyNET, s these messages will make transparent use of the underlying network protocols. Also, TinyNET transparently manages the network components and related messages, allowing different applications to share the same network stack; furthermore, it translates TinyOS interfaces so that any previously developed application can be easily ported. These features make it possible to have a global vision over any application, as well as to focus on each of its separate components. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Part of this work has been presented at the 5th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC), Leipzig, Germany, June 2009. TinyNET provides a handy tool for managing network protocols in TinyOS in a layered fashion, while still enabling cross–layer interactions. This paper describes the TinyNET architecture and provides a sample implementation of an environmental monitoring application, which exploits the flexibility of our framework. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2010 | 10.1002/wcm.v10:1 | Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
TinyOS,modular networking framework,6LowPAN,monitoring application | Mobile computing,Wireless network,Computer science,Computer network,Testbed,nesC,Protocol stack,6LoWPAN,Wireless sensor network,Distributed computing,Communications protocol | Journal |
Volume | Issue | ISSN |
10 | 1 | 1530-8669 |
Citations | PageRank | References |
1 | 0.47 | 13 |
Authors | ||
3 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
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| Angelo Paolo Castellani | 1 | 1043 | 57.47 |
| Paolo Casari | 2 | 334 | 32.89 |
| Michele Zorzi | 3 | 7079 | 736.49 |