METHOD OF CONTEXT AWARE DATA-CENTRIC STORAGE FOR WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS

• US 20130159357A1
• Filed: 12/28/2011
• Published: 06/20/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Chungbuk National University Industry Academic Cooperation Foundation (Chungbuk National University)
• Original Assignee: Jae-Soo Yoo, Jun-Ho Park
• Inventors: Yoo, Jae-Soo, Park, Jun-Ho, Seong, Dong-ook, Kim, Hyun-Ju
• Granted Patent: US 8,521,924 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/812
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/38 for collecting sensor information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

There is provided a method of context aware data-centric storage for dynamically changing a data storage range comprising: collecting data from entire sensor nodes, after establishing a data storage range of an entire sensor network, dividing areas, and transmitting a message of data storage range information to the entire sensor nodes by a base station; storing the collected data in a storage sensor node by determining whether there is a node responsible for storing the collected data to carry out operation depending on the determination result; determining whether the data storage has not been carried out for a period of time longer than a specified time in each sensor node after storing the data; and to determining whether the scale of invalid range is not smaller than Γ.

Claims

1. A method of context aware data-centric storage for wireless sensor networks, comprising:

collecting data from entire sensor nodes, after establishing a data storage range for an entire sensor network at a base station, dividing areas, and transmitting a message regarding data storage range information to entire sensor nodes;

storing the collected data in a storage sensor node by determining whether there is a node responsible for storing the collected data to carry out an operation;

determining whether the data storage has not been carried out for a period of time longer than a specified time in each sensor node after storing the data to decide whether to return to the step of collecting data or transmit a message regarding invalid range occurrence to the base station; and

determining whether the scale regarding invalid range is not smaller than Γ

to carry out an operation to decide whether to return to the step of collecting data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the data storage range for the entire sensor network is determined by means of a maximum value of data to be collected and a minimum value of data to be collected.

3. The method of claim 1, comprising determining whether the collected data is included in the storage range of the collection node, when it is determined that there is a node responsible for storage,

storing the data in the storage sensor node, when it is determined that the collected data is included in the storage range of the collection sensor node, and

transmitting the data to a sensor node responsible for storing the collected data range in the storage sensor node when it is determined that the collected data is not included, to store the data.

4. The method of claim 1, comprising storing data in the storage sensor node, after a sequential operation of temporarily delay-storing the data, when it is determined that there is not the node responsible for storage,

transmitting a message regarding exceptional data occurrence,

changing the data storage range of the entire sensor network,

establishing a new data storage range of each sensor node,

distributing a message regarding new data storage range information,

updating a range change history table, and

transmitting the temporarily delay-stored data to a new storage node.

5. The method of claim 1, comprising returning to the step of collecting data from the entire sensor nodes, when it is determined that the scale of the invalid range is smaller than Γ

.

6. The method of claim 1, comprising returning to the step of collecting data in the entire sensor nodes, after a sequential operation of changing the data storage range of the entire sensor network, when it is determined that the scale of the invalid range is not smaller than Γ

,

establishing a new data storage range of each sensor node,

distributing a message regarding the new data storage range information, and

updating a range change history table.

7. A method of context aware data-centric storage for wireless sensor networks, comprising:

establishing a data storage range of an entire sensor network at a base station, dividing areas, and transmitting a message regarding data storage range information to entire sensor nodes;

collecting data in the entire sensor nodes;

determining whether there is a node responsible for storage of the collected data in the data storage range in a collection sensor node;

determining whether the collected data are included in the storage range of the collection sensor node by the collection sensor node, when it is determined that there is a node responsible for storage;

storing the data in the storage sensor node, when it is determined that the collected data is included in the storage range of the collection sensor node, and storing the data in the storage sensor node, after transmission the data from the collection sensor node to the sensor node responsible for storing collected data range, when it is determined that the collected data is not included in the storage range of the collection sensor node;

storing the data in the storage sensor node, after a sequential operation of temporarily delay-storing the data in the collection sensor node when it is determined that there is no node responsible for storage,

transmitting a message of exceptional data occurrence to the base station,

changing the data storage range of the entire sensor network in the base station,

establishing a new data storage range of each sensor node,

distributing a message regarding new data storage range information to the entire sensor nodes,

updating a range change history table, and

transmitting the temporarily delay-stored data in the storage sensor node of the collection sensor node to a new storage node;

determining whether data storage has not been carried out in each sensor node for a period of time longer than a specified time, after storing the data in the storage sensor node,

returning to the step of collecting data when it is determined that data storage has not been carried out, and

transmitting a message regarding invalid range occurrence from each sensor node to the base station when it is determined that data storage has not been carried out; and

returning to the step of collecting data in the entire sensor nodes when it is determined that the scale of the invalid range is smaller than Γ

in the base station,

returning to the step of collecting data in the entire sensor nodes, after a sequential operation of changing the data storage range of the entire sensor network when it is determined that the scale of the invalid range is not smaller than Γ

,

establishing a new data storage range of each sensor node,

distributing a message of new data storage range information to the entire sensor nodes, and

updating a range change history table.