A High Abstraction Level Constraint for Object Localization in Marine Observatories
Résumé
A sensor network is a specific type of network that
consists of a set of distributed sensors with a main objective to
observe and analyze its environment. Therefore, an underwater
sensor network can be defined as a sensor network deployed
underwater that monitors underwater activity. The sensors de-
ployed, such as Hydrophones, are responsible for registering
underwater activity and transfer it to more advanced components.
The process of data exchange between the aforementioned com-
ponents perfectly define the Marine Observatory (MO) concept.
The first step towards the implementation of this concept is
defining the environmental constraints and the required tools and
components (Marine Cables, Specific Servers, etc). The logical
and physical components that are used in these observatories
supply interchange procedures between the various devices of
the environment (Smart Sensors, Data Fusion Servers). In this
paper, we present an extension to our already extended Meta-
Model that is used to generate a new design tool (ArchiMO).
Thus, we propose new constraints to be taken under consideration
at design time. We illustrate our proposal with an example from
the MO domain. Additionally, we generate the corresponding
simulation code using our self-developed domain-specific model
compiler. Our approach helps to reduce the complexity and time
of the design activity.