Wireless Heterogeneous Sensor Networks for the Internet of Things

近年来，小型化、低功耗电路设计、简单、低功耗但相当高效的无线通信设备以及改进的小规模能源供应的进步与降低的制造成本相结合，使一种新的技术愿景成为可能：无线传感器网络。传感器网络由大量传感器/执行器节点组成，这些节点密集地部署在现象内部或非常接近现象。节点的位置不需要设计或预先确定。这使得能够在无法进入的地区或救灾行动中进行随机部署。其目的是开发和促进可扩展的和模块化的无线异构传感器/执行器网络在电子社会中的使用。拟议的研究是从根本上推进我们在过去开发的无线传感器网络应用的工具。特别是，重点将放在物联网（IOT）的无线异构传感器网络（WHSN）上。其目标是开发和促进可扩展的，模块化的，可靠的，安全的和成本效益的WHSN的使用，以满足日益多样化的应用在新兴的电子社会。我们的目标是开发网络架构沿着支持协议和算法以及网络控制机制，用于支持通过不同类型的无线网络进行互操作的传感器/执行器。

In recent years, advances in miniaturization; low-power circuit design; simple, low power, yet reasonably efficient wireless communication equipment; and improved small-scale energy supplies have combined with reduced manufacturing costs to make a new technological vision possible: Wireless sensor networks. A sensor network is composed of a large number of sensor/actuator nodes, which are densely deployed either inside the phenomenon or very close to it. The position of nodes need not be engineered or pre-determined. This allows random deployment in inaccessible terrains or disaster relief operation. The aim is to develop and facilitate the use of scalable and modular wireless heterogeneous sensor/actuator networks in the e-Society. The proposed research is to advance fundamentally the tools we have developed in the past for Wireless Sensor Network Applications. In particular, the focus will be on Wireless Heterogeneous Sensor Networks (WHSNs) for the Internet of Things (IOT). The goal is to develop and facilitate the use of scalable, modular, reliable, secure and cost effective WHSNs in order to meet the increasing variety of applications in the emerging e-Society. The objective is to develop network architectures along with supporting protocols and algorithms and network control mechanisms for supporting sensors/actuators interoperating via different types of wireless networks.