RSD-WSN: remote source-level debugger for rapid application development in wireless sensor networks

Mohammad M. Mozumdar; Weiyuan Bian; Jose Perez; Luciano Lavagno

doi:10.1117/12.1518463

21 May 2013 RSD-WSN: remote source-level debugger for rapid application development in wireless sensor networks

Mohammad M. Mozumdar, Weiyuan Bian, Jose Perez, Luciano Lavagno

Proceedings Volume 8739, Sensors and Systems for Space Applications VI; 87390S (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.1518463
Event: SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 2013, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Abstract

Debugging Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) applications deployed on actual sensor nodes is difficult, since debuggers normally require a wired (e.g. USB) interface. In this paper we propose a mechanism for WSN application debugging that is based on remote access, through the wireless interface, and that uses the native environment in which the application was developed (i.e. it acts as a source-level debugger). The approach, called RSD-WSN, is based on creating continuous behavioral snapshots of a remotely located sensor node by binding it with a virtual node. Hence by using RSD-WSN, users can debug a WSN application node that is running remotely. This framework allows a programmer to develop an application using high level abstractions (finite state machine) and then automatically generate code for target platforms. The complied generated code could be then directly loaded on sensor nodes and the framework provides interfaces by which an application developer can bind execution sequences of a remote sensor node with a virtual simulated node, so that the developer can monitor node behavior and refine the application in case of unexpected behaviors.

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Mohammad M. Mozumdar, Weiyuan Bian, Jose Perez, and Luciano Lavagno "RSD-WSN: remote source-level debugger for rapid application development in wireless sensor networks", Proc. SPIE 8739, Sensors and Systems for Space Applications VI, 87390S (21 May 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.1518463

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