A Comparative Study of Distributed Self-management Approaches for Wireless Sensor Networks

The goal of a wireless sensor network (WSN) management solution is to promote network resources productivity and quality of services. This paper presents a comparative study of client/server (CS) and mobile agent (MA) approaches used in distributed self-management solutions for a hierarchical hetero...

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Main Authors: Silva, F.A., Braga, T.R.M., Ruiz, L.B., Nogueira, J.M.S., Loureiro, A.A.F.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Computer network management
Energy consumption
Hardware
Infrared sensors
Network servers
Peer to peer computing
Productivity
Quality management
Resource management
Wireless sensor networks
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Summary:The goal of a wireless sensor network (WSN) management solution is to promote network resources productivity and quality of services. This paper presents a comparative study of client/server (CS) and mobile agent (MA) approaches used in distributed self-management solutions for a hierarchical heterogeneous WSN, in which the managers are embedded into the cluster head nodes. These approaches were simulated and evaluated according to energy consumption. Considering energy consumption with transmission, the results reveal that the MA approach is more scalable than the CS one, tending to be more useful when the number of network elements and managed objects increases. On the other hand, the CS approach presents more interesting results regarding energy consumption with processing. Besides, the simulations performed also show that the MA size is an important parameter that impacts directly on the results
ISSN:1542-1201
2374-9709
DOI:10.1109/NOMS.2006.1687652