The Case Study of Bionetic Sensor Networks

As the trend toward ubiquitous and pervasive computing continues to gain momentum, new networking paradigms need to be developed to keep pace with the needs of this emerging environment. In the near future we can expect the number of nodes to grow by multiple orders of magnitude as tags, sensors, body networks etc., get fully integrated into the communication superstructure. Not only will the amount of information in these all-embracing pervasive environments be enormous and to a large degree localized, but also the relaying needs for maintaining an end to end reliable 'always on' networks, as we know today, will be, for the vast majority of the pervasive users beyond their resource capabilities, and in addition redundant, considering the needs of the personalized services dominating these networks. The ambiance within which these nodes will act will be intelligent, mobile, self-cognitive and not limited to machine to machine communication. In these networks the end to end concept of always on communication that formed the basis of the Internet for the last three decades will become passe. The next 'Internet' frontier will be the challenge of adjusting to the omnipresent, intelligent and self-cognitive networking environments which are becoming an integral part of the new societal reality. These networks will be characterized by their ability to continuously adjust to the environment, by their, often intelligent, users mobility and by their architecture being defined by the services at...