Bubble-Sensing :

Binding a sensing task to the

physical world using
mobile phones

INTRODUCTION
Herewepresent the bubble-sensing system

that support the persistentsensing of a

particular location , as required by user
requests . Conceptually, a userwith a phone
that has opted into the bubble-sensing
systemvisits a location ofinterest, presses a
button on his phone to affix the sensing
request to the location, andthen walks away .
The sensing request persists at the location
untilthe timeout set by the initiator is reached.

Bubble-Sensing
Sensing tasks are created and maintained in

the bubble-sensing system through the

interactionof a number of virtual roles.
Virtual rolesBubble creator
Bubble anchor
Bubble carrierSensing node

Bubble-Sensing

Bubble-creation phase

Bubble Server

Bubble Anchor

Mobile Sensor

Bubble Creator

Mobile Sensor

Bubble Maintenance
Phase
Due to uncontrolled mobility of the creator ,

the creatormayleavethe bubble location

while task is still active .
Sotoanchorthebubbletothelocationof
interest we use bubbleanchors .
Two variants for bubble anchor selection :
1. Location based
2. Mobility based

Bubble Restoration Phase

Bubble-Server
Bubble Carrier

Bubble Anchor
Mobile Sensor

Mobile Sensor

Architecture
Programming languages
Communication
Sensor
Classifier
System integration

Problems
Hold the bubble in the

areaofinterest.
Recoverfrom lost bubble.
Exploit heterogeneous
devices.

Privacy and security

concerns
The sharing of device resources with

unknown third parties.

Individual is privacyconcerning their
daily activities is at risk from other
users if bubble sensing system is
misused.

Related Work
As the mobile phone is ubiquitous, and the

discussion of a mobile phones used as a

sensing device has some history no largescale mobile cell phone sensor network
shave yet been deployed in practice.
In the last few years,the smart phone
market has grown rapidly(e.g. , Nokia
N95,Apple iPhone ) , cultivating ground
forresearch on mobile sensornetworking.

Conclusion
So mobile sensor nodes collaborate and

share sensing andcommunication

resources with each other in
acooperative sensing environment.
So we presented an approach to

support persistent location-specific task

ina wireless sensor network composed
of mobile phones.

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