Programming a Sensor Network in a layered middleware architecture

Abstract

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) have become a mature technology aimed at performing environmental monitoring and data collection. Nonetheless, harnessing the power of a WSN presents a number of research challenges. WSNapplication developers have to deal both with the business logic of the application and with WSN’s issues, such as those related to network- ing (routing), storage, and transport. A middleware can cope with this emerging complexity, and can provide the necessary abstractions for the definition, creation and maintenance of ap- plications. This work discusses the problems related to the development of such a middleware and surveys the state of the art on the field.