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Link failure and unreachable nodes due to interference from external devices are common problems in WSNs. These interferences can be a major inhibitor to node performance and network stability. In order to tolerate these failures, we propose an immune-inspired self healing system where an individual node can detect degradations in network performance, perform diagnostic tests, and provide automated immediate response to recover the network to a stable state. We evaluate and compare the performance of our approach with other routing protocols on a testbed environment using TelosB hardware motes.
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Lim, T., Lau, H., Timmis, J., Bate, I. (2012). Immune-Inspired Self Healing in Wireless Sensor Networks. In: Coello Coello, C.A., Greensmith, J., Krasnogor, N., Liò, P., Nicosia, G., Pavone, M. (eds) Artificial Immune Systems. ICARIS 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7597. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33757-4_4
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