Abstract
Wireless sensor networks have become viable solutions to many commercial and military applications. This research
focuses on utilizing the I-TRM to develop an architecture which supports adaptive, self-healing, and self-aware
intelligent wireless sensor networks capable of supporting mobile nodes. Sensor subsystems are crucial in the
development of projects to test complex systems such as the Future Combat System, a multi-layered system consisting
of soldiers and 18 subsystems connected by a network. The proposed architecture utilizes the Sensor Web Enablement
(SWE), a standard for sensor networks being developed by the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), and the Integrated
Technical Reference Model (I-TRM), a multi-layered technical reference model consisting of a behavior-centric
technical reference model, information-centric technical reference model, and control technical reference model. The
designed architecture has been implemented on MPR2400CA motes using the nesC programming language. Preliminary
results show the architecture meets needs of systems such as the Future Combat System. The architecture supports
standard and tailored sensors, mobile and immobile sensors nodes, and is scalable. Also, functionality was implemented
which produces adaptive, self-healing, and self-aware behavior in the wireless sensor network.
