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Run time assurance of application-level requirements in wireless sensor networks

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Run time assurance of application-level requirements in wireless sensor networks
Continuous and reliable operation of WSNs is notoriously difficult to guarantee due to hardware degradation and environmental changes. In this paper, we propose and demonstrate a methodology for run-time assurance (RTA), in which we validate at run time that a WSN will function correctly, despite any changes to the operating conditions since it was originally designed and deployed. We use program analysis and compiler techniques to facilitate automated testing of a WSN at run time. As a proof of concept, we implemented a framework for designing and automatically testing WSN applications. We evaluate our implementation on a network of 21 TelosB nodes, and compare performance with an existing network health monitoring solution. Our results indicate that in addition to providing the application-level verification function, RTA misses 75% fewer system failures, produces 70% fewer maintenance dispatches, and incurs 33% less messaging overhead than network health monitoring. Categories and...
Jingyuan Li, Yafeng Wu, Krasimira Kapitanova, John
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Type Conference
Year 2009
Where SENSYS
Authors Jingyuan Li, Yafeng Wu, Krasimira Kapitanova, John A. Stankovic, Kamin Whitehouse, Sang Hyuk Son
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