Networking of Sensor Systems.ppt

Networking of Sensor Systems Guru Parulkar National Science Foundation Gparulka@ “While the last 50 years have been dominated by a march to ever more complex computers, the next few decades will see the rise of simple sensors -- by the billions.” Business Week Agenda Sensors and sensor networks opportunity Range of activities in progress Motivation for the focus area “Focus” of the focus area Partnership between research community and NSF Accelerate progress and realize full potential Sensors and sensor networks represent a great opportunity Disruptive Technologies Digital sensors and actuators Very inexpensive and can be integrated into silicon Wireless Low power inexpensive RF Silicon integration Sensor, DSP, CPU, FPGA, wireless, actuators Huge embedded software on a chip/device Moving to Smart Dust Applications in All Aspects of Life Sensors and sensor networks have taken off Range of Activities in Progress Range of Activities in Progress Range of Activities in Progress Range of Activities in Progress Range of Activities in Progress Why this focus area? Why more funding? Top Five Reasons Sensor Networking Today: Too Vertically Integrated Natural for an emerging area Stove pipe approach cannot work for wider deployment Need Plug and Play Sensor Network Substrate Conceptual framework Commodity Solution Easy to Deploy “Focus” of the Focus Area? Focus: Drilling Down Monitoring Managing Spaces and Things Network Architecture (John Doyle Observations) The Internet Hourglass Hourglass/Bowtie for Sensor Networks? Likely the most important innovationas Internet architecture was for data networking Protocols/Algorithms Challenge Given New types of devices with differing capabilities A variety of wireless and some wired links Different connectivity and failure modes Applications with very different requirements Need to invent new protocols, algorithms, their implementations System Design Challenge Challenging space of trade-offs Energy vs