Performance optimization of multiple interconnected heterogeneous sensor networks via collaborative information sharing

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Pal, Sougata | Oechsner, Simon | Bellalta, Boris^; | Oliver, Miquel

Affiliations: Department of Information and Communication Technologies, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain. E-mail: {name.surname}@upf.edu

Note: [] Corresponding author. E-mail: boris.bellalta@upf.edu.

Abstract: Interconnecting multiple sensor networks is a relatively new research field which has emerged in the Wireless Sensor Network domain. Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) have typically been seen as logically separate, and few works have considered interconnection and interaction between them. Interconnecting multiple heterogeneous sensor networks therefore opens up a new field besides more traditional research on, e.g., routing, self organization, or MAC layer development. Up to now, some approaches have been proposed for interconnecting multiple sensor networks with goals like information sharing or monitoring multiple sensor networks. In this paper, we propose to utilize inter-WSN communication to enable Collaborative Performance Optimization, i.e., our approach aims to optimize the performance of individual WSNs by taking into account measured information from others. The parameters to be optimized are energy consumption on the one hand and sensing quality on the other.

Keywords: Interconnecting Wireless Sensor Networks, performance optimization, P2P overlay, collaborative information sharing

DOI: 10.3233/AIS-130218

Journal: Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 403-413, 2013