Title :
Communal Cooperation in Sensor Networks for Situation Management
Author :
Jones, Kennie H. ; Lodding, Kenneth N. ; Olariu, Stephan ; Wilson, Larry ; Xin, Chunsheng
Author_Institution :
Nat. Aeronaut. & Space Adm., Hampton, VA
Abstract :
Situation management is a rapidly evolving science where managed sources are processed as realtime streams of events and fused in a way that maximizes comprehension, thus enabling better decisions for action. Sensor networks provide a new technology that promises ubiquitous input and action throughout an environment, which can substantially improve information available to the process. Here we describe a program of NASA that requires improvements in sensor networks and situation management. We present an approach for massively deployed sensor networks that does not rely on centralized control but is founded in lessons learned from the way biological ecosystems are organized. In this approach, fully distributed data aggregation and integration can be performed in a scalable fashion where individual motes operate based on local information, making local decisions that achieve globally-meaningful effects. This exemplifies the robust, fault-tolerant infrastructure required for successful situation management systems
Keywords :
fault tolerance; real-time systems; wireless sensor networks; biological ecosystems; communal cooperation; fault-tolerant infrastructure; fully distributed data aggregation; realtime streams; sensor networks; situation management system; ubiquitous input; Aerodynamics; Biosensors; Computer network management; Computer science; Crisis management; Disaster management; Financial management; NASA; Research and development management; Vehicle dynamics; Sensor networks; decentralized action; local control; massive deployment; ubiquitous input;
Conference_Titel :
Information Fusion, 2006 9th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Florence
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0953-5
Electronic_ISBN :
0-9721844-6-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICIF.2006.301774