Sensor Cloud: A Cloud of Virtual Sensors

IEEE SoftwarePublished 1 March 2014

Sanjay Madria, Vimal Kumar, Rashmi Dalvi

DOI10.1109/ms.2013.141

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Citations191

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SJR score0.56

SNIP1.10

TL;DR

Virtual sensors, which are at the core of this sensor cloud architecture, assist in creating a multiuser environment on top of resource-constrained physical wireless sensors and can help in supporting multiple applications.

Abstract

Newer models for interacting with wireless sensors such as Internet of Things and Sensor Cloud aim to overcome restricted resources and efficiency. The Missouri S&T (science and technology) sensor cloud enables different networks, spread in a huge geographical area, to connect together and be employed simultaneously by multiple users on demand. Virtual sensors, which are at the core of this sensor cloud architecture, assist in creating a multiuser environment on top of resource-constrained physical wireless sensors and can help in supporting multiple applications.

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