First Paper Published: Virtualization of Event Sources in Wireless Sensor Networks

2014

1. Sensors

   

   Virtualization of Event Sources in Wireless Sensor Networks for the Internet of Things

   Néstor Lucas-Martínez, José-Fernán Martínez-Ortega, and Vicente Hernández-Díaz

   Sensors, Dec 2014

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   Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are generally used to collect information from the environment. The gathered data are delivered mainly to sinks or gateways that become the endpoints where applications can retrieve and process such data. However, applications would also expect from a WSN an event-driven operational model, so that they can be notified whenever occur some specific environmental changes instead of continuously analyzing the data provided periodically. In either operational model, WSNs represent a collection of interconnected objects, as outlined by the Internet of Things. Additionally, in order to fulfill the Internet of Things principles, Wireless Sensor Networks must have a virtual representation that allows indirect access to their resources, a model that should also include the virtualization of event sources in a WSN. Thus, in this paper a model for a virtual representation of event sources in a WSN is proposed. They are modeled as internet resources that are accessible by any internet application, following an Internet of Things approach. The model has been tested in a real implementation where a WSN has been deployed in an open neighborhood environment. Different event sources have been identified in the proposed scenario, and they have been represented following the proposed model.

   @article{LucasMartinez2014,
     title = {Virtualization of {{Event Sources}} in {{Wireless Sensor Networks}} for the {{Internet}} of {{Things}}},
     author = {Lucas-Mart{\'i}nez, N{\'e}stor and Mart{\'i}nez-Ortega, Jos{\'e}-Fern{\'a}n and Hern{\'a}ndez-D{\'i}az, Vicente},
     year = {2014},
     month = dec,
     date = {2014-12-01},
     journal = {Sensors},
     volume = {14},
     number = {12},
     pages = {22737--22753},
     issn = {1424-8220},
     doi = {10.3390/s141222737},
     urldate = {2022-11-03},
     copyright = {CC BY 4.0},
     langid = {english},
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     google_scholar_id = {ufrVoPGSRksC},
   }

2. ECSA-1

   

   Virtualization of Event Sources in Wireless Sensor Networks for the Internet of Things

   Néstor Lucas-Martínez, José-Fernán Martínez-Ortega, and Vicente Hernández-Díaz

   In Proceedings of International Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications, Jun 2014

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   Sensor networks, and more specifically wireless sensor networks (WSN), are generally used to collect information from the environment. The gathered data are mainly delivered to sinks or gateways that become the endpoints where applications can retrieve and use such data. But applications would also expect from a WSN an event-driven operational model, so that they can be notified whenever occur some specific environmental changes instead of analyzing continuously the data provided periodically.In either operational model, wireless sensor networks represent a collection of objects interconnected, in a similar way that is outlined by the Internet of Things vision. In following years sensors will become more capable and resourceful. But in the meantime, they lie into the definition of constrained devices. In addition, to fulfill the vision of the Internet of Things, they must have a virtual representation that allows indirect access to their resources, a model that should also include the virtualization of event sources in a WSN.Thus, in this paper we propose a model for a virtual representation of event sources in a WSN. The event sources are modeled as internet resources that are accessible by any internet application, following an Internet of Things approach. The model has been tested in a real implementation where a wireless sensor network has been deployed in an open neighborhood environment. Different event sources have been identified in the proposed scenario, and they have been represented following the proposed model.

   @inproceedings{LucasMartinezECSA2014,
     title = {Virtualization of Event Sources in {{Wireless Sensor Networks}} for the {{Internet}} of {{Things}}},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of {{International Electronic Conference}} on {{Sensors}} and {{Applications}}},
     author = {{Lucas-Mart{\'i}nez}, N{\'e}stor and {Mart{\'i}nez-Ortega}, Jos{\'e}-Fern{\'a}n and {Hern{\'a}ndez-D{\'i}az}, Vicente},
     year = {2014},
     month = jun,
     date = {2014-06-02},
     pages = {6},
     publisher = {MDPI},
     address = {Sciforum.net},
     doi = {10.3390/ecsa-1-d009},
     urldate = {2022-11-03},
     copyright = {CC BY 3.0},
     langid = {english},
     dimensions = {true},
   }