Sensor Networks: Hype or Reality

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Sensor Networks Hype or Reality?

• KANG G. SHIN
• Real-Time Computing Laboratory
• Department of EECS
• The University of Michigan

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Generic Concerns and Issues
DISCOVERY
ISSUES
AUTHENTICATION
In-network Data Aggregation and Mining
SENSORS
CONFIGURING / TASKING
Scalable Resource Management
Energy-efficient / Lightweight
Application-aware Reliable Routing
DIAGNOSIS
Secure Messaging and Operations
RETIRING / REORGANIZING
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System Concerns and Issues
Application Depedendency
SENSORS
Hardware Heterogeneity
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Consolidation of Concerns

• Difficult due to
• Lack of long-term vision and direction
• Lack of standardization
• Require
• Careful articulation of real-world applications
  that can enrich architectural components
  continually
• Open experimental testbed
• Coherent collaboration among multi-parties

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What concerns us
In-network Data Aggregation and Mining
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What concerns us (contd)
Scalable Resource Management
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What concerns us (contd)
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Thanks

• Technical details about some part of the concerns
  are in our poster or papers