ERLANG-BASED SENSOR NETWORK MANAGEMENT FOR HETEROGENEOUS DEVICES

Michal Niec; Pawel Pikula; Aleksander Mamla; Wojciech Turek

doi:10.7494/csci.2012.13.3.139

Authors

Michal Niec Erlang Solutions, Kraków
Pawel Pikula AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow
Aleksander Mamla AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow
Wojciech Turek AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7494/csci.2012.13.3.139

Abstract

The paper describes a system designed to manage and collect data from the network of heterogeneous sensors. It was implemented using Erlang OTP and CouchDB for maximum fault tolerance, scalability and ease of deployment. It is resistant to poor network quality, shows high tolerance for software errors and power failures, operates on ﬂexible data model. Additionally, it is available to users through an Web application, which shows just how easy it is to use the server HTTP API to communicate with it. The whole platform was implemented and tested on variety of devices like PC, Mac, ARM-based embedded devices and Android tablets.