Middleware Support for Adaptive Real-Time Applications in Wireless Sensor Networks (original) (raw)

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This position paper describes initial efforts and ideas for the development of a middleware framework to support the operation of adaptive Wireless Sensor Networks applications with real-time and dependability requirements. We identify a set of underlying services that need to be implemented as part of this framework, explaining why they are needed and what they provide. In order to illustrate how this middleware can be used and its potential benefits, we consider the well-known LQER routing protocol to show how it must be changed to incorporate probabilistic real-time requirements and meet them in a dependable way.

This work was partially supported by the EU through the KARYON project (FP7-288195) and the FCT through the Multiannual Funding Program.

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  1. Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
    João Alves, António Casimiro & Luís Marques

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  1. João Alves
  2. António Casimiro
  3. Luís Marques

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  1. Department of Informatics Engineering, Polo II, University of Coimbra, Pinhalde Marrocos, 3030-290, Coimbra, Portugal
    Marco Vieira
  2. Coimbra Institute of Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra, 3030-199, Coimbra, Portugal
    João Carlos Cunha

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Alves, J., Casimiro, A., Marques, L. (2013). Middleware Support for Adaptive Real-Time Applications in Wireless Sensor Networks. In: Vieira, M., Cunha, J.C. (eds) Dependable Computing. EWDC 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7869. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38789-0\_2

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