A software platform for smart sensors

Author

Lei, Wang ; Zhao-hui, Wu

Author_Institution

Coll. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou, China

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

12-15 Oct. 2003

Firstpage

1116

Abstract

Smart sensors differ from conventional ones in their ability to process a high amount of data close to the source and in the ability to communicate in a bidirectional way. In this article, we show the reasons to make sensors smart, identify the design challenges of the software running on smart sensors, and put forth our software platform. In our solution, we adopt the event-driven components with bidirectional interface and provide alternative scheduling policies for specific applications. This component infrastructure also supports diversity of connections by including a hierarchical communication model. Additionally, we present our solutions to improve the reliability of these software systems.

Keywords

computerised instrumentation; embedded systems; intelligent sensors; operating systems (computers); reliability; scheduling; software architecture; alternative scheduling policies; components architecture; embedded operating systems; embedded systems; event-driven components; hierarchical communication model; scheduling policy; smart sensors; software platform; software system reliability; Application software; Calibration; Computer science; Educational institutions; Fluid flow measurement; Intelligent sensors; Particle measurements; Sensor systems; Temperature sensors; Thick film sensors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2003. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8125-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ITSC.2003.1252659

Filename

1252659