Integrating Wireless Sensor Networks with the Grid

  • Authors:
  • Mark Gaynor;Steven L. Moulton;Matt Welsh;Ed LaCombe;Austin Rowan;John Wynne

  • Affiliations:
  • Boston University;Boston University;Harvard University;Independent Consultant;Citigroup Private Bank;Bristol-Myers Squibb

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Internet Computing
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

Integrating wireless sensor networks with the traditional wired grid poses several challenges. The technical challenges center on the development of sensors and sensor network infrastructure, including the need to comply with emerging APIs for grid and Web services. Process-driven challenges, which center on the development and adoption of new business models and applications, are driving this technology. This article describes two widely different sensor network applications 驴 emergency medical services and supply chain management 驴 and describes how they fit into a new data-collection network based on the Hourglass publish驴subscribe paradigm.