title: Formal specification and design techniques for wireless sensor and actuator networks.
abstract: A current trend in the development and implementation of industrial applications is to use wireless networks to communicate the system nodes, mainly to increase application flexibility, reliability and portability, as well as to reduce the implementation cost. However, the nondeterministic and concurrent behavior of distributed systems makes their analysis and design complex, often resulting in less than satisfactory performance in simulation and test bed scenarios, which is caused by using imprecise models to analyze, validate and design these systems. Moreover, there are some simulation platforms that do not support these models. This paper presents a design and validation method for Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks (WSAN) which is supported on a minimal set of wireless components represented in Colored Petri Nets (CPN). In summary, the model presented allows users to verify the design properties and structural behavior of the system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Automation and Electronics, Autonomous University of the West, Cll 25 115 - 85 Km. 2 Vía Cali-Jamundí, Colombia.
authors.forename: Diego
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Martínez
authors.forename: Apolinar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: González
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Blanes
authors.forename: Raúl
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Aquino
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Simo
authors.forename: Alfons
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Crespo