A Taxonomy of Wireless Sensor Networks with QoS

Author

Pereira, Vasco ; Silva, Jorge Sá ; Granjal, Jorge ; Silva, Ricardo ; Monteiro, Edmundo ; Pan, Qiang

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. Eng., Univ. of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

fYear

2011

fDate

7-10 Feb. 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are no longer limited to scenarios of uncontrolled performance. A new emerging range of applications demand specific Quality of Service (QoS) assurance and the support of critical scenarios. However, QoS in WSNs, and a reference model to characterize and measure it, are yet challenges to be met. In this paper, a new taxonomy of WSNs with QoS is proposed, including information and communication perspectives. The goal is to contribute to the establishment of a reference model to enable the classification of WSNs in general, including the ones with QoS, and aid in the development of a new set of QoS metrics that fully characterize this new type of networks.

Keywords

quality of service; wireless sensor networks; QoS; WSN; quality of service; taxonomy; wireless sensor networks; Data models; Measurement; Mobile communication; Monitoring; Quality of service; Taxonomy; Wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

New Technologies, Mobility and Security (NTMS), 2011 4th IFIP International Conference on

Conference_Location

Paris

ISSN

2157-4952

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8705-9

Electronic_ISBN

2157-4952

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NTMS.2011.5720617

Filename

5720617