this paper illustrates both challenges and benefits found in expanding a traditional game concept to a situated environment with a distributed set of wireless sensing modules. Our pervasive game equivalent of the Whac...
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(纸本)9781605587486
this paper illustrates both challenges and benefits found in expanding a traditional game concept to a situated environment with a distributed set of wireless sensing modules. Our pervasive game equivalent of the Whac-A-Mole game, Whac-A-Bee, retains the find-and-seek aspects of the original game while extending the location, the number of players, and the time-span in which it can be played. We discuss the obstacles met during this work, and specifically address challenges in making the game robust and flexible enough for large and long-term deployments in unknown territory.
Radio spectrum has turned into a precious natural resource from free goods due to the rapid development of wireless communication technology. In order to efficiently utilize radio spectrum, a spectrum policy should be...
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(纸本)9781605587486
Radio spectrum has turned into a precious natural resource from free goods due to the rapid development of wireless communication technology. In order to efficiently utilize radio spectrum, a spectrum policy should be enough appropriate to create new industries and new technologies. From this point of view, we have developed a distributed spectrum sensing system which collects dense information of spectrum usage over large area. In this work, we discuss the requirements and the design of the distributed spectrum sensing system.
We present TinyVM, a Virtual Machine (VM) for nesC and C applications on sensor motes. TinyVM executes compressed bytecode on-the-fly to conserve memory. To facilitate creation of application-specific VMs, partitionin...
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(纸本)9781605587486
We present TinyVM, a Virtual Machine (VM) for nesC and C applications on sensor motes. TinyVM executes compressed bytecode on-the-fly to conserve memory. To facilitate creation of application-specific VMs, partitioning of applications into bytecode, VM instruction set extensions and machine-code is supported. We provide experimental evidence for the efficiency of TinyVM on Atmega128-based motes and on the Intel iMote2. TinyVM also runs on Windows and Linux, and we are currently porting TinyVM to Telos-based motes.
Physicalnet is a fully implemented middleware for wireless networks of sensors and actuators (WNSAs). Based on a lightweight service oriented architecture (SOA), Physicalnet allows the users to create administrative d...
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(纸本)9781605587486
Physicalnet is a fully implemented middleware for wireless networks of sensors and actuators (WNSAs). Based on a lightweight service oriented architecture (SOA), Physicalnet allows the users to create administrative domains, in which owners of the nodes can share and protect their resources so that multiple applications can simultaneously use the same sensors and actuators with conflict resolution mechanisms. By using a general programming abstraction, named "bundle", Physicalnet allows programming across networks and administrative domains, and has a good support for node mobility. Other features of Physicalnet include using the Java language, supporting heterogeneous devices, and providing a chain of user tools.
We present a method to extract topology information from detection events of mobile entities moving through a network of binary sensors. We extract the topological structure of possible paths in the network by analyzi...
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(纸本)9781605587486
We present a method to extract topology information from detection events of mobile entities moving through a network of binary sensors. We extract the topological structure of possible paths in the network by analyzing the time correlation of events at different sensors. the histograms of time delays between any two sensors contain the necessary information to reconstruct the network topology. this data is heavily corrupted by noise due to multiple agents in the network. We therefore use a mixture model of multiple Gaussian and a uniform distribution to explicitly isolate the noise. Our algorithm yields a graph representing the topology of our sensor network along with average travel time between nodes.
Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are often advertised with high sensing accuracy, long lifetime, and easy deployment. However, they are still not widely used in environmental research due to of poor tool support and hi...
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(纸本)9781605587486
Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are often advertised with high sensing accuracy, long lifetime, and easy deployment. However, they are still not widely used in environmental research due to of poor tool support and high complexity. A wider use of WSNs in field science would enable researchers to address scientific questions that are infeasible today. To address this issue, we designed and prototyped a Software Factory for WSNs that hides the complexity of software development for embeddedsystems. It exposes a visual domain-specific modeling language and supports code generation for resource constrained devices. the proposed Software Factory simplifies the integration of domain experts into the development process, making WSNs more attractive as a tool for researchers from outside of the computer science field. this could lead to a wider adoption of WSNs in field sciences.
RFID sensor networks comprising batteryless devices that are passively powered by RFID readers present exciting possibilities for ubiquitous computing applications. they require minimal maintenance, are cheap to manuf...
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(纸本)9781605587486
RFID sensor networks comprising batteryless devices that are passively powered by RFID readers present exciting possibilities for ubiquitous computing applications. they require minimal maintenance, are cheap to manufacture and have small form factor. However, their lack of autonomy due to the need for constant power from an RFID reader hinders their deployment. We demonstrate that RFIDs augmented with ambient energy-harvesting capabilities may be used as a first-class sensor platform, allowing them to operate untethered from reader infrastructure. Specifically, we show that a CRFID-based accelerometer sensor can provide both real-time and delayed access to time-stamped sensor data when provided with a small amount of solar energy. the data is collected using a standard RFID reader and displayed in a graphical interface.
Software simulation has often been used to evaluate proposed protocols for wireless devices. Simulation allows for rapid development and testing, but does not provide a realistic RF environment. To compensate for this...
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(纸本)9781605587486
Software simulation has often been used to evaluate proposed protocols for wireless devices. Simulation allows for rapid development and testing, but does not provide a realistic RF environment. To compensate for this, field experiments are performed. However, problems encountered during field experiments can be difficult to locate and correcting problems on-site can be time-consuming. Emulations attempt to provide the advantages of simulation and field experiments without the suffering the disadvantages of both. this demo provides an overview of the hardware, software, and emulation capabilities of ASSERT, an emulation testbed.
Linear Variable Differential Transformer (LVDT) based sensing systems are effective in structural health monitoring. However, the usable range and accuracy of these sensors are severely affected due to the non-lineari...
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(纸本)9781605587486
Linear Variable Differential Transformer (LVDT) based sensing systems are effective in structural health monitoring. However, the usable range and accuracy of these sensors are severely affected due to the non-linearity exhibited in their input-output characteristics. this work presents a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) implementation of an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) based non-linearity compensator of a LVDT sensor. Functional Link Artificial Neural Network (FLANN), an improved version of the conventional neural networks has been implemented for simplicity. the result obtained from the FPGA implementation is in good agreement withthe simulation result in MATLAB.
Using solar panels to power wireless sensor nodes is feasible in most of WSNs applications. We present an efficient solar-charging system and a remote energy-profile monitoring system which can monitor the dynamic cha...
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(纸本)9781605587486
Using solar panels to power wireless sensor nodes is feasible in most of WSNs applications. We present an efficient solar-charging system and a remote energy-profile monitoring system which can monitor the dynamic charging procedure of wireless sensor nodes in different environments. We design and implement dynamic routing policies according to the current available energy of nodes for WSNs powered by solar panels.
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