SLEDS: A DSL for Data-Centric Storage on Wireless Sensor Networks (original) (raw)

The dynamicity requirements of urban sensor networks rise new challenges to the development of data management and storage models. Software component techniques allow developers to build a software system from reusable, existing components sharing a common interface. Moreover, the development of urban sensor networks applications would greatly benefit from the existence of a dedicated programming environment. This paper proposes SLEDS, a Domain-Specific Language for Data-Centric Storage on Wireless Sensor Networks. The language includes high-level composition primitives, to promote a flexible coordination execution flow and interaction between components. We present the language specification as well as a case study of data storage coordination on sensor networks. The current specification of the language generates code for the NS2 simulation environment. The case study shows that the language implements a flexible model, which is general enough to be used on a wide variety of sensor network applications.