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2 1.1. OBJECTIVES<br />

Until now, WSNs and their applications have been <strong>de</strong>veloped without consi<strong>de</strong>ring an<br />

integrated management solution. Several interesting works may be found in the literature<br />

about specific issues in wireless sensor networks (see Section 2.5). Some of these proposals<br />

aim at the specific function for <strong>de</strong>termined WSN application, for example routing in flat<br />

networks that do environmental monitoring. To the best of our our knowledge, it has not<br />

been found in the literature any work that proposes a management architecture for WSNs.<br />

The same is true for a generic information mo<strong>de</strong>l that inclu<strong>de</strong>s management (managed<br />

object classes and WSN mo<strong>de</strong>ls) and support (support object classes) information.<br />

The task of building and <strong>de</strong>ploying management solutions in environments where there<br />

will be tens of thousands of network elements with particular features and organization is<br />

not trivial. To make things worse, due to physical restrictions of unatten<strong>de</strong>d sensor no<strong>de</strong>s,<br />

especially, energy and bandwidth restrictions, this task becomes difficult.<br />

1.1 Objectives<br />

This thesis aims to study the WSNs management problem in or<strong>de</strong>r to un<strong>de</strong>rstand the needs,<br />

requirements and open questions about this theme as well as to i<strong>de</strong>ntify the differences<br />

between WSNs management and traditional management In or<strong>de</strong>r to contribute to the<br />

progress of this and other correlated areas, this thesis proposes a framework for WSNs<br />

management. This framework must be simple, adherent to network idiosyncrasies including<br />

its dynamic behavior, and efficient in the use of scarce resources.<br />

The proposed framework introduces a novel organization for WSNs management con-<br />

si<strong>de</strong>ring the two well-known management dimensions, namely, management levels, manage-<br />

ment functional areas, and a novel dimension called WSN functionalities. This innovative<br />

dimension is a proposal of this thesis as well. The traditional management dimensions are<br />

revisited from a WSN perspective. The framework inclu<strong>de</strong>s a scheme to obtain manage-<br />

ment functions and a scheme to build management services and applications from the three<br />

management dimensions. A list of these management functions and services are provi<strong>de</strong>d.<br />

The WSN management framework also inclu<strong>de</strong>s the proposition of a management archi-

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