An integrated framework for Internet-based applications of smart sensors

This paper presents an application of networked sensors that offers a reusable design pattern for a class of sensor-based appliances. It deals with an integrated, sensor networking framework stemming from the IEEE 1451 smart transducer interface standard, an object-based networking model, complemented by the Virtual Interface Architecture (VIA), a Compaq-Intel-Microsoft approach to Internet messaging, and by the Internet Protocol (IP) multicast communication, mediating efficient and unified access from Internet to smart sensors. The kernel of the paper focuses on utilization of this framework for a computer-based pressure measurement systems development environment as a real-world project while stressing smart pressure sensor and Internet connectivity architectures.