Stream-Based Macro-Programming of Wireless Sensor, Actuator Network Applications With SOSNA

Wireless sensor, actuator networks distinguish themselves from wireless sensor networks by the need to coordinate actuators' actions, real-time constraints on communication and the frequently feedback-based nature of computation performed in the network. In this paper, the authors propose a functional macro-programming language, SOSNA that employs the stream programming paradigm to concisely specify data transformations in the network so that Wireless Sensor Actuator Network (WSAN) application developers can focus on higher-level control-oriented problems rather than on designing the way in which communication is organised in the network.