A system of systems approach to modeling and analysis of P2P overlays for WSNs

Peer-to-peer networks have been used efficiently as building blocks for large-scale distributed network applications in wired networks. With large scale wireless sensor networks becoming even more realistic, it is pertinent to build distributed network applications in WSNs as well. In this paper, we extend the peer-to-peer overlayed network to provide a platform for different distributed applications over wireless sensor networks. We also illustrate the use of a system of systems approach to study the performance of wireless sensor networks using suitable mathematical models and simulation. We illustrate the efficiency of the model via simulation.