The PermaSense wireless sensor network at Matterhorn is currently statically configured with a constant data rate. Therefore sensors
generating variable amounts of data cannot be easily integrated. In this thesis the existing Dozer communication protocol stack will be modified to allow variable rate data gathering while
respecting the extreme reliability and ultra low-power performance requirements. Apart from conceptual design and implementation, testing and benchmarking of the results of the implementation on
our in-house testbed FlockLab will be a major part of this work. A joint deployment of your software contribution on site at the Matterhorn is planned if
all results work out as planned.
[1] Burri, N., von Rickenbach, P., & Wattenhofer, R. Dozer: Ultra-Low Power Data Gathering in Sensor Networks. 6th
International Symposium on Information Processing in Sensor Networks, 450?459, 2007.
Skills: Embedded software, distributed systems, interest and motivation for experimental work and evaluation
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