A component-based model and language for wireless sensor network applications
Abstract
Wireless sensor networks are often used by experts in many different fields to gather data pertinent to their work. Although their expertise may not include software engineering, these users are expected to produce low-level software for a concurrent, real-time and resource-constrained computing environment. In this paper, we introduce a component-based model for wireless sensor network applications and a language, Insense, for supporting the model. An application is modelled as a composition of interacting components and the application model is preserved in the Insense implementation where active components communicate via typed channels. The primary design criteria for Insense include: to abstract over low-level concerns for ease of programming; to permit worst-case space and time usage of programs to be determinable; to support the fractal composition of components whilst eliminating implicit dependencies between them; and, to facilitate the construction of low footprint programs suitable for resource-constrained devices. This paper presents an overview of the component model and Insense, and demonstrates how they meet the above criteria.
Citation
Dearle , A , Balasubramaniam , D , Lewis , J P & Morrison , R 2008 , A component-based model and language for wireless sensor network applications . in 32nd annual IEEE International Computer Software and Applications : COMPSAC 2008, 28 July-1 August 2008, Turku, Finland . IEEE COMPSAC , IEEE Computer Society , pp. 1303-1308 , 32nd Annual IEEE International Computer Software and Applications Conference , Turku , Finland , 28/07/08 . https://doi.org/10.1109/COMPSAC.2008.151 conference
Publication
32nd annual IEEE International Computer Software and Applications
ISSN
0730-3157Type
Conference item
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