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In this paper, we present the Deployment Support Network (DSN), a new methodology for developing and testing wireless sensor networks (WSN) in a realistic environment. With an additional wireless backbone network a deployed WSN can be observed, controlled, and reprogrammed completely over the air. The DSN provides visibility and control in a similar way as existing emulation testbeds, but overcomes the limitations of wired infrastructures. As a result, development and experiments can be conducted with realistic in- and outdoor deployments. The paper describes the new concept and methodology. Additionally, an architecture-independent implementation of the toolkit is presented, which has been used in an industrial case-study.
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Dyer, M. et al. (2007). Deployment Support Network. In: Langendoen, K., Voigt, T. (eds) Wireless Sensor Networks. EWSN 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4373. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69830-2_13
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