ActorNet: an actor platform for wireless sensor networks

We present actorNet, a mobile agent platform for wireless sensor networks (WSNs). WSNs are well-suited to multiagent systems: agent autonomy reduces the need for communication, saving precious energy. Mobile agents are also an intuitive technique for remotely reprogramming sensors deployed in the field. However, implementing agent programs directly on a WSN is complicated by the many limitations of sensor nodes, including limited memory, slow processors, low bandwidth and finite energy. ActorNet eases devely providing an abstract environment for lightweight concurrent object-oriented mobile code on WSNs. As such, it enables a wide range of new dynamic applications, including fully customizable queries and aggregation functions, in-network interactive debugging and high-level concurrent programming on the inherently parallel sensor network platform. Moreover, actorNet cleanly integrates all of these features into a fine-tuned, multi-threaded embedded Scheme interpreter that supports co...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: ATAL
• Authors: YoungMin Kwon, Sameer Sundresh, Kirill Mechitov, Gul Agha
• Keywords: ATAL 2006, Intelligent Agents, Mobile Agents, Sensor, Sensor Network