Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

acceptedVersion

Publication Date

10-2012

Abstract

While it has been a belief for over a decade that wireless sensor networks (WSN) are application-specific, we argue that it can lead to resource underutilization and counter-productivity. We also identify two other main problems with WSN: rigidity to policy changes and difficulty to manage. In this paper, we take a radical, yet backward and peer compatible, approach to tackle these problems inherent to WSN. We propose a Software-Defined WSN architecture and address key technical challenges for its core component, Sensor OpenFlow. This work represents the first effort that synergizes software-defined networking and WSN.

Keywords

Software-defined networking, OpenFlow, wire- less sensor networks

Discipline

Computer and Systems Architecture | Software Engineering

Research Areas

Software and Cyber-Physical Systems

Publication

IEEE Communications Letters

Volume

16

Issue

11

First Page

1896

Last Page

1899

ISSN

1089-7798

Identifier

10.1109/LCOMM.2012.092812.121712

Publisher

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Additional URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/LCOMM.2012.092812.121712

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