Operating method of sensor node, operating method of data sink in sensor network, and sensor network

• US 9,043,178 B2
• Filed: 12/15/2011
• Issued: 05/26/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Yoo, Seung-Mok
• Primary Examiner(s): Breene, John
• Assistant Examiner(s): Dinh, Lynda
• Application Number:
  US13/326,819
• Publication Number:
  US 20120158343A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,258 Days
• Field of Search: 702/104, 702/116, 702/93
• US Class Current: 702/104
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 3/022 having an ideal characteristic, map or correction data stored in a digital memory
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 9/005 Solid-state data loggers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

Provided is an operating method of a sensor node. The operating method of a sensor node includes receiving a sensing request, adjusting a sensing condition on the basis of the received sensing request, and sensing according to the adjusted sensing condition.

Claims

1. An operating method of a sensor node including at least one sensor, comprising:

receiving a sensing request by the sensor node having a variable sensing condition;

determining whether an identifier included in the sensing request corresponds to the sensor node,

wherein the sensing request comprises the sensor node identifier corresponding to a specific sensor node, sensing start time, sleep time until the sensing is started, and sensing period;

upon determining that the identifier corresponds to the sensor node, the variable sensing condition is adjusted on basis of the received sensing request by the sensor node; and

performing the sensing using the at least one sensor node according to the adjusted sensing condition by the sensor node.

2. The operating method of claim 1, wherein the sensing request is received from another sensor node.

3. The operating method of claim 1, wherein the sensing request is received from a data sink.

4. The operating method of claim 1, wherein the identifier specifies at least two sensor nodes.

5. The operating method of claim 1, wherein the identifier specifies a sensor of the sensor node,

wherein adjusting of the sensing condition and performing of the sensing are executed in relation to the sensor specified by the identifier.

6. An operating method of a data sink in a sensor network, comprising:

obtaining a sensing condition;

creating a sensing request on basis of the obtained sensing condition,

wherein the sensing request comprises a sensor node identifier corresponding to a specific sensor node, sensing start time, sleep time until the sensing is started, and sensing period;

transmitting the created sensing request; and

receiving a sensing result corresponding to the transmitted sensing request,

wherein the data sink is connected with a plurality of sensor nodes in the data sink, and the data sink processes the sensing results collected from the sensor nodes, wherein the sensing result corresponding to the transmitted sensing request is received from a portion of the plurality of sensor nodes identified by the sensing request.

7. The operating method of claim 6, wherein the transmitting of the created sensing request comprises transmitting the created sensing request to at least one child node.

8. A sensor network, comprising:

a plurality of sensor nodes; and

a data sink;

the data sink transmits sensing request having a sensing condition; and

at least one sensor node receiving the sensing condition,

determining whether to perform sensing, based on the identifier included in the received sensing condition corresponds to the sensor node,

wherein the sensing request comprises the sensor node identifier corresponding to a specific sensor node, sensing start time, sleep time until the sensing is started, and sensing period;

upon determining to perform the sensing, performing the sensing according to the received sensing condition, and

transmitting a sensing result to the data sink, wherein the data sink processes the sensing results collected from the sensor nodes.