Overcoming the Communication Challenges in Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks Isolated using DTN Technologies
Edwin Juvenal Cedeño Herrera1, Gloris Denisse Cedeño Batista2, Gloris Batista Mendoza3, Hector Bedon4
1Edwin Juvenal Cedeño Herrera*, Faculty of Informatics, Electronics Communication University, Panamá.
2Gloris Denisse Cedeño Batista, Currently Student in Department of Computer Science Engineering at Universidad de Panamá.
3Gloris Batista Mendoza, Currently, Assistant Professor, at the Faculty of Informatics, Electronics, and Communication at the Universidad de Panamá.
4Hector Bedon, Department of Telematic Systems Engineering, Telecom Engineering School, Universidad Polytechnic de Madrid (UPM), Spain.
Manuscript received on July 14, 2020. | Revised Manuscript received on July 28, 2020. | Manuscript published on August 10, 2020. | PP: 299-306 | Volume-9 Issue-10, August 2020 | Retrieval Number: 100.1/ijitee.J75630891020 | DOI: 10.35940/ijitee.J7563.0891020
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Abstract: Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks (WSAN) have represented a significant advance in wireless communication environments and their convergence with the phenomenon called the Internet of Things (IoT). One of the challenges studied in the WSAN field is to propose communication mechanisms to interconnect wireless sensor networks in isolated areas. Various studies have revealed the difficulty of achieving connectivity in this type of network. In this sense, we address the challenge of interconnecting isolated WSANs, which do not have end-to-end connection, with the Internet network infrastructure. For this, we consider the following characteristics of these environments, disruptive communications, long delays; devices with limited resources, very short transfer times and in contexts of mobility. We propose an integrated architecture that allows us to offer a service management framework based on the capabilities provided by WSAN, through an infrastructure based on cloud technologies. The functionalities that characterize service architectures in telecommunication networks and the integration of WSAN with cloud-based architectures are analyzed. Architectural capabilities such as Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and Machine Type Communication (MTC) are considered. The proposed architecture allows deliver applications and services can be reachable and shared with any host connected to Internet. WSAN data, hosted at remote sites or with limited communications, can be processed, stored and analyzed in the cloud, or locally by components of the architecture. The communication with the sensor network and actuators, is iterant, because of architecture provides support for long-delayed and disruptive tolerant services.
Keywords: Remote Wsan, Mobile Service, Dtn, Internet of Things, Service Architecture, Service Delegation.
Scope of the Article: Internet of Things