WSN-DD: A Wireless Sensor Network Deployment Design Tool

Abstract

Query processing techniques have been shown to considerably reduce software development efforts for wireless sensor networks. However, deploying a sensor network remains a difficult and error-prone task. This paper presents a comprehensive tool to assist with the design of sensor network deployments, which takes into account a broader range of concerns than previous approaches. Users specify high-level requirements, such as location of nodes, using a simple graphical interface. The tool invokes a sensor network query processor to statically determine the validity of the deployment set out by the user for a given query workload, estimates performance in terms of the query processor’s QoS metrics, and generates executable code.