A novel peer‐to‐peer distributed sensor network framework based on IP sensor for telemonitoring

Abstract

Purpose

Modern manufacturing plants have a desperate need for large amounts of sensor information, to refine and improve their production. A novel peer‐to‐peer distributed sensor network (DSN) framework is presented in this paper to continue the previous research of the IP sensor.

Design/methodology/approach

A device description sheet method, stemming from the TEDS of IEEE 1451 standard, is presented to achieve the self‐identify and self‐description of each IP sensor in a DSN application. Moreover, a virtual mapping mechanism, named transducer domain name server (TDNS), is also presented.

Findings

Ethernet is the backbone of the DSN architecture presented, and direct access between any two sensors located in a same DSN is allowable. With the help of the TDNS, the reallocation of each sensor's role at run‐time is achieved by performing a dynamic binding between the devices monitored and the IP sensors.

Originality/value

In the new proposal, two key problems, including the connection establishment of a large sensor network and the dynamic reallocation of each sensor's role at run‐time, are efficiently settled. All of the methods presented will be an important step towards seeking for a practical use at the production floor.

Citation

Tao, B., Ding, H. and Xiong, Y. (2006), "A novel peer‐to‐peer distributed sensor network framework based on IP sensor for telemonitoring", Assembly Automation, Vol. 26 No. 2, pp. 137-142. https://doi.org/10.1108/01445150610658121