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Newsletter issue #16

2012's first newsletter contains on the SPINE2 framework, co-operative Air Traffic Management, the makeSende project and SCHNEIDER's member profile.


Call for Papers: CONET 2012

The Third International Workshop on Networks of Cooperating Objects is organized again by CONET and will be co-located with CPSWeek 2012. Submission deadline is January 30th, 2012.


EWSN 2012/CONET Master and PhD Thesis Awards

*** Extended deadline for applications: December 31st, 2011 *** The Chairs of the 9th European Conference on Wireless Sensor Networks (EWSN 2012) and the CONET Consortium are pleased to announce the Master and PhD Thesis Award...


DSN

Testbed NameDSN Testbed
Operational StatusStable and running
InstitutionETH Zurich
Public Websitehttp://tec-pc-btnode.ethz.ch/dsngui/index.php?act=GetDSN
Contact Person NameJan Beutel
Contact Person E-mailbeutel AT tik.ee.ethz.ch
Technology FocusWireless Sensor Networks
Deployment ScenarioIndoor continuous space (e.g.: sport hall)
Deployment Pattern Non-uniform 2D (e.g.: scattered deployment on a single floor in a building)
Mobility SupportFixed nodes
Total Number of Supported Nodes52
Horizontal Node Spacing
Vertical Node Spacing
Variability of Supported SUT PlatformsMultiple - heterogeneous SUT
Primary SUT PlatformTmote Sky
Number of Nodes from the Primary SUT Platform25
Additional SUT PlatformTNOde
Number of Nodes from the Additional SUT Platform
SUT SensorsTemperature, Humidity, Visible light
SUT ActuatorsLED
Power Supply of SUT NodesMains powered
Control/Monitoring Plane SeparationOut-of-band (the control/monitoring plane uses separate medium/channel from the SUT)
Control/Monitoring Plane Communication TechnologiesBluetooth
Control/Monitoring Plane ArchitectureBluetooth Scatternet (Mesh)
Control/Monitoring Plane Gateway PlatformsBTnode
Job Execution ModelNo Job processing interface
Job ConcurrencyConcurrency per node ID (concurrent jobs have to use different sets of node IDs)
Job Registration and Scheduling InterfaceProgrammable Client APIs
Authentication and Authorization ArchitectureNo authentication and authorization
Job Control InterfaceWeb services - XML-RPC
SUT Node Control ServicesResetting, Image programming, Data collection, command execution on deployment support nodes
SUT Data AccessIndirect access to serial/secondary channel via client library APIs
SUT Data PersistenceDatabase storage in raw text format
Time Stamping ServicesDistributed time-stamping using time synchronized control/monitoring plane (time stamping at the micro-server/secondary node level that are globally synchronized using a service like NTP or FTSP)
Integration with Simulators and EmulatorsNo integration
Remote Use PolicyNo remote access