Peer-to-peer middleware for bandwidth allocation in sensor networks

In sensor networks, both bandwidth allocation and bandwidth-on-demand (BoD) schemes may be adopted, on top of a generic multiple access protocol, for the purpose of differentiating various categories of devices that produce non-homogeneous data flows. At the same time, the modern Internet exhibits a trend toward an even more distributed architecture approach; decentralized architectures are gaining more and more popularity, and middleware solutions are widely adopted. Among them, the peer-to-peer (p2p) networking paradigm allows a redundant architecture that reacts well against failure to be obtained. Starting from p2p principles, the paper introduces a novel middleware-based algorithm for configuring and managing bandwidth in a sensor network.