Very large wireless sensor networks for well-being

Objectives 

Nodes in a wireless distributed system should have enough information locally available to take independent, informed decisions, which in turn should jointly lead to desirable global properties. ‘Gossiping’ is used for self-management of a system at the lowest layer of abstraction, but also for dissemination and processing at the level of applications. The goal of this project is to apply gossip-based techniques to tackle the real-world scalability problems that are hindering successful deployment of large, unobtrusive wireless sensor networks for wellbeing, and notably for independent living. 

Deliverables 

Directly applicable scaling solutions for large wireless sensor networks. Prototype implementations that demonstrate that these solutions work:

1. a physical social network allowing a person to stay in close contact with his/her communities, and
2. a prototype ambient lighting environment that reacts to the presence/behaviour of people.