Wireless mote middleware for flexible resource allocation validation

Abstract

The heterogeneity of the available protocols and hardware platforms makes validation in resource allocation a time-consuming and complex work. It needs to involve the hardware platforms, link layer and network layer to verify algorithms. To minimize the unnecessary and repetitive implementation of similar functionalities for different platforms, we present our resource allocation validation (RAV) middleware which supports the discovery of sensor networks and provides flexible resource allocation. RAV enables the user to specify XML-based deployment descriptor which can easily modify from link layer to network layer and customize the configuration of sensors. In the demonstration, three different resource allocation algorithms are tested to deploy a network, to dynamically reconfigure and to monitor the changes.