The IBM wireless sensor networking testbed

Author

Furrer, Simeon ; Schott, Wolfgang ; Truong, Hong Linh ; Weiss, Beat

Author_Institution

IBM Zurich Res. Lab., Ruschlikon

fYear

0

fDate

0-0 0

Lastpage

46

Abstract

This paper describes the wireless sensor networking testbed built at the IBM Zurich Research Laboratory. The testbed has been used to address a wealth of exciting research challenges. Performance evaluations have been carried out with short-range wireless communication technologies, which are highly relevant for sensor networking such as IEEE 802.15.4/ZigBee networks, Bluetooth WPANs, and IEEE 802.11b WLANs. With the testbed, the merits of wireless mesh networking for range extension and reliability enhancement have been explored. New light-weight messaging protocols for communication between sensors and an application server have been tested which allow to bring messaging-oriented middleware down to very low-end sensors and actuators. In addition, the testbed has been used to develop sensor applications for remote metering and location-sensing

Keywords

middleware; network servers; performance evaluation; telecommunication network reliability; transport protocols; wireless sensor networks; application server; light-weight messaging protocol; location-sensing; mesh networking; messaging-oriented middleware; performance evaluation; reliability enhancement; remote metering; wireless communication technology; wireless sensor networking testbed; Bluetooth; Communications technology; Laboratories; Protocols; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Telecommunication network reliability; Testing; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; ZigBee;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Testbeds and Research Infrastructures for the Development of Networks and Communities, 2006. TRIDENTCOM 2006. 2nd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Barcelona

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0106-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TRIDNT.2006.1649126

Filename

1649126