An agent based layered framework to facilitate intelligent Wireless Sensor Networks

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dc.contributor.advisorLe, Hanhen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorScholtz, Andreen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-04-02T14:18:52Z
dc.date.available2015-04-02T14:18:52Z
dc.date.issued2011en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 78-80).en_ZA
dc.description.abstractWireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are networks of small, typically low-cost hardware devices which are able to sense various physical phenomenon in their surrounding environments. These simple nodes are also able to perform basic processing and wirelessly communicate with each other. The power of these networks arise from their ability to combine their many vantage points of the individual nodes and to work together. This allows for behaviour to emerge which is greater than the sum of the ability of all the nodes in the network. The complexity of these networks varies based on the application domain and the physical phenomenon being sensed. Although sensor networks are currently well understood and used in a number of real world applications, a number limitations still exit. This research aims to overcome a number of issues faced by current WSNs, the largest of which is their monolithic or tightly coupled structure which result in static and application specific WSNs. We aim to overcome these issues by designing a dynamically reconfigurable system which is application neutral. The proposed system is also required to facilitate intelligence and be sufficiently efficient for low power sensor node hardware.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationScholtz, A. (2011). <i>An agent based layered framework to facilitate intelligent Wireless Sensor Networks</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Computer Science. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12677en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationScholtz, Andre. <i>"An agent based layered framework to facilitate intelligent Wireless Sensor Networks."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Computer Science, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12677en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationScholtz, A. 2011. An agent based layered framework to facilitate intelligent Wireless Sensor Networks. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Scholtz, Andre AB - Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are networks of small, typically low-cost hardware devices which are able to sense various physical phenomenon in their surrounding environments. These simple nodes are also able to perform basic processing and wirelessly communicate with each other. The power of these networks arise from their ability to combine their many vantage points of the individual nodes and to work together. This allows for behaviour to emerge which is greater than the sum of the ability of all the nodes in the network. The complexity of these networks varies based on the application domain and the physical phenomenon being sensed. Although sensor networks are currently well understood and used in a number of real world applications, a number limitations still exit. This research aims to overcome a number of issues faced by current WSNs, the largest of which is their monolithic or tightly coupled structure which result in static and application specific WSNs. We aim to overcome these issues by designing a dynamically reconfigurable system which is application neutral. The proposed system is also required to facilitate intelligence and be sufficiently efficient for low power sensor node hardware. DA - 2011 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2011 T1 - An agent based layered framework to facilitate intelligent Wireless Sensor Networks TI - An agent based layered framework to facilitate intelligent Wireless Sensor Networks UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12677 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/12677
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationScholtz A. An agent based layered framework to facilitate intelligent Wireless Sensor Networks. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Computer Science, 2011 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12677en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Computer Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherComputer Scienceen_ZA
dc.titleAn agent based layered framework to facilitate intelligent Wireless Sensor Networksen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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dc.type.qualificationnameMScen_ZA
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