This paper presents a technique that builds a layer of virtual sensors over a sensor network. The virtual sensors are able to infer and provide data for the physical sensors that do not work. The key assumption of our approach is that the physical quantities sensed by the sensors are related. The relations among sensors are unknown, but during a learning phase the layer of virtual sensors infers an approximation of them by means of fuzzy rules. The inferred fuzzy rules capture these relations in a simple way even when the corresponding mathematical models are complex. The set of fuzzy rules inferred for a node can be used to obtain virtual values when the real ones are not available. In order to develop our technique we improved the Tree Routing Protocol in charge to deliver data from the nodes to the base station and used Snlog, a Datalog-like language that supports the implementation of distributed algorithms for Wireless Sensor Network in a declarative way. We developed a system prototype and performed preliminary experiments that prove the validity of our approach. Copyright 2010 ACM.

A logic approach to virtual sensor networks

Caroprese L.;
2010-01-01

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This paper presents a technique that builds a layer of virtual sensors over a sensor network. The virtual sensors are able to infer and provide data for the physical sensors that do not work. The key assumption of our approach is that the physical quantities sensed by the sensors are related. The relations among sensors are unknown, but during a learning phase the layer of virtual sensors infers an approximation of them by means of fuzzy rules. The inferred fuzzy rules capture these relations in a simple way even when the corresponding mathematical models are complex. The set of fuzzy rules inferred for a node can be used to obtain virtual values when the real ones are not available. In order to develop our technique we improved the Tree Routing Protocol in charge to deliver data from the nodes to the base station and used Snlog, a Datalog-like language that supports the implementation of distributed algorithms for Wireless Sensor Network in a declarative way. We developed a system prototype and performed preliminary experiments that prove the validity of our approach. Copyright 2010 ACM.
2010
9781605589008
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