Self-healing for Pervasive Computing Systems

The development of small wireless sensors and smart-phones, which include various sound, video, motion and location sensors have facilitated new pervasive applications. These pervasive systems are expected to perform in a vast number of environments, ranging from urban to rural, with different capabilities and resources. Application requirements may change dynamically requiring flexible adaptation. Sensing faults appear during their lifetime and as users are not expected to have technical skills, the system needs to be self-managing. We discuss the Self-Managed Cell as an architectural paradigm and describe some fundamental components with regard to fault management services and adaptation for wireless sensor nodes.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2009
• Where: ICSE
• Authors: Themistoklis Bourdenas, Morris Sloman, Emil C. Lupu
• Keywords: ICSE 2009, Pervasive Systems, Small Wireless Sensors, Software Engineering, Wireless Sensor