On the design of a self-managed wireless sensor network

During the last decade, there was a great technological advance in the development of smart sensors, low-power processors, and wireless communication protocols that when put together create a wireless sensor network (WSN). Smart, autonomous, and self-aware: that is the ultimate vision for WSNs. The success of this vision depends fundamentally on the self-management solutions. This work deals with this challenge: to provide a self-management solution for a WSN that monitors temperature and evaluates fire risks. We focus on self-organization, self-configuration, self-service, and self-maintenance. In particular, we propose service negotiation policies to demonstrate the self-service concept. The results reveal that the management solution can promote the productivity of network resources and the quality of the provided services.