Grant: Collaborative Research and Development Grants
Concordia University
$87,000.00
Integrating the capabilities of wireless sensor and actuator networks in the IP Multimedia Subsystem
EF 2009-10
Résumé
Sensors are small devices that can sense, compute and communicate. They can be used in conjunction with actuators that act upon real world objects. They are usually organized into wireless sensors and actuator networks (WSAN). They provide ambient information and act upon the ambient world. Ambient information refers to any collected information that is relevant to the situation of an end-user, e.g. location, velocity, blood pressure, heartbeat, luminosity and temperature. The IP Multimedia Sub-system (IMS) on the other hand is the main component of 3G telecommunication networks. It consists of an overlay control layer that enables the seamless delivery of IP multimedia services via the packet switched domain. It is access agnostic and made up of two layers.. The control layer comprises databases, signaling entities, media handling entities and inter-working entities. The application layer on the other hand consists of entities for enabling valued added services and provides capabilities.
WSANs have been so far designed and deployed in islands with little consideration to the existing telecommunications infrastructure, including IMS. Telecommunication capabilities that could have been re-used are sometimes re-designed from scratch. Other capabilities that could be used to provide more versatile value added services are not used at all. The ambient information available so far in IMS is limited to a very basic form of spatial information, although a much richer set of ambient information is the key to more valuable multimedia services. Furthermore, there is no actuation capability at all. This research proposal aims at investigating the integration of sensing and actuation capabilities of WSAN with IMS in order to enable and provide richer and novel value added services. Business models supporting this integration will be researched as well as architectural frameworks for integrating sensing and actuation functions. Validation of such architectures will be conducted through prototyping, simulation and formal analysis.
Programme
Collaborative Research and Development Grants
Bénéficiaire
Emplacement
Quebec, Canada
Type de bénéficiaire
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
Tel que publié
Application id
369131-2008
Name nom
Khendek, Ferhat
Department département
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Organization id
70
Institution établissement
Concordia University
Province en
Québec
Province fr
Québec
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2009
Competition year année de concours
2008
Award amount
87000
Program id
CRDPJ
Program nane en
Collaborative Research and Development Grants
Program name fr
Subventions de recherche et développement coopérative
Group en
Research partnerships programs
Group fr
Programmes de partenariat
Committee code
96
Committee name en
RPP Internal Decision Cttee
Committee name fr
Cté de décision interne - PPR
Area of application code
803
Area of application group en
Information and communication services
Area of application group fr
Services d'information et de télécommunications
Area of application en
Computer communications
Area of application fr
Téléinformatique
Research subject code
2700
Research subject group en
Information technology
Research subject group fr
Technologie de l'information
Research subject en
Information technology
Research subject fr
Technologie de l'information
Partie
1
Nb partie
3
Application title
Integrating the capabilities of wireless sensor and actuator networks in the IP Multimedia Subsystem
Keyword
NA
Application summary
Sensors are small devices that can sense, compute and communicate. They can be used in conjunction with actuators that act upon real world objects. They are usually organized into wireless sensors and actuator networks (WSAN). They provide ambient information and act upon the ambient world. Ambient information refers to any collected information that is relevant to the situation of an end-user, e.g. location, velocity, blood pressure, heartbeat, luminosity and temperature. The IP Multimedia Sub-system (IMS) on the other hand is the main component of 3G telecommunication networks. It consists of an overlay control layer that enables the seamless delivery of IP multimedia services via the packet switched domain. It is access agnostic and made up of two layers.. The control layer comprises databases, signaling entities, media handling entities and inter-working entities. The application layer on the other hand consists of entities for enabling valued added services and provides capabilities.
WSANs have been so far designed and deployed in islands with little consideration to the existing telecommunications infrastructure, including IMS. Telecommunication capabilities that could have been re-used are sometimes re-designed from scratch. Other capabilities that could be used to provide more versatile value added services are not used at all. The ambient information available so far in IMS is limited to a very basic form of spatial information, although a much richer set of ambient information is the key to more valuable multimedia services. Furthermore, there is no actuation capability at all. This research proposal aims at investigating the integration of sensing and actuation capabilities of WSAN with IMS in order to enable and provide richer and novel value added services. Business models supporting this integration will be researched as well as architectural frameworks for integrating sensing and actuation functions. Validation of such architectures will be conducted through prototyping, simulation and formal analysis.
