CENS

CENS extensive field experimentation has uncovered new requirements for characterizing previously unknown phenomena. The complexity and dynamic nature of the observed phenomena present measurement challenges that are well beyond the capabilities of traditional methods. Rapid spatiotemporal variation, constraints demanding rapid deployment, and the requirements for mapping phenomena over large areas lead to new ENS system research objectives and metrics that include: fidelity of observation, ability to share resources, rapidity of deployment, timeliness of observation result, and deployment parsimony. Multi-scale actuation methods offer algorithms and systems that enable system optimization with respect to these observation metrics. These require the introduction of a sensing and actuation hierarchy that augments the static fixed sensor network.