Publication - Reporting Down Under: A CNAS (Collaborative Network for Atmospheric Sensing) Update

Authors: Corkill, Daniel D
Title: Reporting Down Under: A CNAS (Collaborative Network for Atmospheric Sensing) Update
Abstract: CNAS (Collaborative Network for Atmospheric Sensing) is an agent-based, power-aware sensor network for ground-level atmospheric monitoring. To conserve battery power, CNAS sensor agents must have their WiFi radios turned off most of the time, as even listening consumes signifcant power. This complicates agent interaction and system responsiveness, because an agent cannot simply turn on its radio when it needs to send a message. CNAS agents also must have their radios turned on when others are sending messages to them and to support multi-hop message forwarding. In this paper, we briefly review the sensor-agent hardware and blackboard-system software used in CNAS, as well as how CNAS agents collaborate with only periodic radio availability. We also relate experiences and lessons learned from field deployments of CNAS at the Talisman-Saber Combined Exercise held in Queensland, Australia. We conclude with an overview of CNAS research performed since Talisman-Saber that focuses on: 1) improving CNAS performance and responsiveness with limited radio availability, 2) power-aware reasoning associated with solar harvesting obtained from a rollable solar panel at each sensor agent, and 3) potential next-generation CNAS hardware.
Keywords: Blackboard, Communication, Control, Multi-Agent Systems
Publication: Second International Workshop on Agent Technology for Sensor Networks (ATSN-08), pp. 25 - 32
Location: Estoril, Portugal
Date: 2008
Sources: PDF: http://dancorkill.home.comcast.net/~dancorkill/pubs/CNAS-ATSN08.pdf
Reference: Corkill, Daniel D. Reporting Down Under: A CNAS (Collaborative Network for Atmospheric Sensing) Update. Second International Workshop on Agent Technology for Sensor Networks (ATSN-08), pp. 25-32. 2008.
bibtex: 
@inproceedings{Corkill-458,
  author    = "Daniel D Corkill",
  title     = "{Reporting Down Under: A CNAS (Collaborative
               Network for Atmospheric Sensing) Update}",
  booktitle = "Second International Workshop on Agent Technology
               for Sensor Networks (ATSN-08)",
  pages     = "25-32",
  year      = "2008",
  address   = "Estoril, Portugal",
  url       = "http://mas.cs.umass.edu/paper/458",
}