Energy conserving coordination and data communication in wireless sensor actuator networks

这是一项设计、开发和证明新技术和相关方法的提案，用于创建由“传感器”、“执行器”和“接收器”组成的分布式无线网络。这些组件的集成网络将能够根据预定义的规则自主地监控物理环境并对其作出反应。在这项拟议的研究中，“传感器”是大量小型、低成本、低功耗、多功能的设备的集合，这些设备收集有关物理世界的信息。例如，它们可以检测运动、温度、湿度、特定化学物质的浓度等。然后，传感器将这些数据无线传输到其他拟议的网络设备，即所谓的“执行器”和“接收器”。执行器合并从大量传感器组接收的数据，评估数据，并基于一些决策逻辑自主地对环境执行操作。它们可能是固定设备，甚至是移动机器人。“水槽”类似于致动器，不同之处在于它们不会对环境执行动作。接收器还将为用户提供全面的网络管理和配置能力，并可以连接到其他网络，如互联网。这项提议涵盖了一个新兴的技术研究领域，具有许多潜在的有价值的商业、工业和军事应用。拟议的研究将建立在加拿大现有的电信和数据建模知识和专门知识的坚实基础上。这项新的研究将使新兴市场在环境数据收集、分析和响应方面具有尖端和极具竞争力的能力。

This is a proposal to design, develop, and prove out new technologies and associated methodologies for creating distributed wireless networks of "sensors", "actuators", and "sinks". An integrated network of these components would be capable of autonomously monitoring and reacting to the physical environment according to predefined rules. In the context of the proposed research, "sensors" are collections of large numbers of small, low-cost, low-power, multifunctional devices that gather information about the physical world. For example, they could detect motion, temperature, humidity, concentrations of specific chemicals, etc.  The sensors wirelessly transmit this data to other proposed network devices called "actuators" and "sinks". Actuators consolidate data received from large groups of sensors, evaluate the data, and autonomously perform actions on the environment based on some decision logic. They may be fixed devices or even mobile robots. "Sinks" resemble actuators except that they do not perform actions on the environment. Sinks would also provide overall network administration and configuration capabilities for users, and could link to other networks such as the Internet. This proposal covers an emerging area of technology research with many potentially valuable commercial, industrial, and military applications. The proposed research would build on a strong foundation of knowledge and expertise in telecommunications and data modeling that exists in Canada. The new research would enable cutting-edge and highly competitive capabilities for environmental data collection, analysis, and response in nascent markets.