OTM '09 Proceedings of the Confederated International Workshops and Posters on On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems: ADI, CAMS, EI2N, ISDE, IWSSA, MONET, OnToContent, ODIS, ORM, OTM Academy, SWWS, SEMELS, Beyond SAWSDL, and COMBEK 2009
A survey of network virtualization
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Wireless, collaborative virtual sensors for thermal comfort
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A multi-criteria target monitoring strategy using MinMax operator in formed virtual sensor networks
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A virtual sensor system for user-generated, real-time environmental data products
Environmental Modelling & Software
Survey: Urban pervasive applications: Challenges, scenarios and case studies
Computer Science Review
Sensor network integration by means of a virtual private network protocol
UCAmI'12 Proceedings of the 6th international conference on Ubiquitous Computing and Ambient Intelligence
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Current focus of sensor networks is on systems dedicated for a specific application. Wide variety of circumstances point to the need for sensor network deployments capable of sharing the physical network resources. We introduce the concept of Virtual Sensor Networks (VSN) to provide protocol support for the formation, usage, adaptation and maintenance of subsets of sensors collaborating on specific tasks. VSN concept also promises to enhance applications that involve dynamically varying subsets of sensor nodes collaborating tightly to achieve the desired outcomes, while relying on the remaining nodes to achieve connectivity and overcome the deployment and resource constraints. This article explores the concept, mechanisms, and benefits of using VSN. Examples of VSN support functionality include support for nodes to join and leave VSNs, broadcast within a VSN, and merging of VSNs. VSNs will simplify application deployment, enhance performance and scalability, facilitate resource sharing, and provide a degree of physical topology independence in wireless sensor networks. Deployment of overlapping sensor networks aimed at different tasks, especially in harsh environments, will also significantly benefit when organized as VSNs over a shared infrastructure.