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  • © 2009

Grid Enabled Remote Instrumentation

  • Includes metrological aspects such as synchronization, calibration, and measurement accuracy
  • Considers wireless sensor networks as large-scale, pervasive acquisition devices
  • Focuses on the instrumental resources aspect of grid architectures

Part of the book series: Signals and Communication Technology (SCT)

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Table of contents (39 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XV
  2. Sensor Networks as Data Acquisition Devices

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Data-Centric Storage in Non-Uniform Sensor Networks

      • M. Albano, S. Chessa, F. Nidito, S. Pelagatti
      Pages 3-19
    3. Extending Instrumentation Grids to Wireless Sensor Networks

      • A. Lenis, M. Grammatikou, V. Maglaris, S. Papavassiliou
      Pages 21-32
    4. Performance Analysis Of Zigbee Wireless Sensor Networks With Relaying

      • G. Ferrari, P. Medagliani, M. Martalò
      Pages 55-79
  3. Networking and the Grid

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 97-97
    2. Biologically Inspired Approaches to Network Systems

      • T. Suda, T. Nakano, M. Moore, K. Fujii
      Pages 99-113
    3. Monitoring Solution for Optical Grid Architectures

      • A. Binczewski, L. Grzesiak, E. Kenny, M. Stroinski, R. Szuman, S. Trocha et al.
      Pages 161-172
    4. Grids and Networks Monitoring–Practical Approach

      • J. Jajor, C. Mazurek, W. Procyk
      Pages 173-186
    5. Analyzing and Optimizing the Linux Networking Stack

      • R. Bolla, R. Bruschi, A. Ranieri, G. Traverso
      Pages 187-199
  4. Instrumentation and Measurement

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 201-201
    2. A Grid Architecture for Efficient Measurement of Electrical Disturbances

      • A. Carullo, M. Parvis, A. Vallan
      Pages 203-212
    3. Systematization and Analysis of RemoteLY Accessed Instruments and User Community Requirements

      • Y. Kalvachev, V. Ganev, L. Macheva, J. Harizanova, B. Harizanov
      Pages 213-226
    4. Service-Oriented Architectures for Distributed Cooperative Instrumentation Grids

      • A. Bagnasco, D. Cipolla, A. Poggi, A. M. Scapolla
      Pages 227-235
    5. A Web-based Tool for Collaborative Access to Scientific Instruments in Cyberinfrastructures

      • R. Ranon, L. De Marco, A. Senerchia, S. Gabrielli, L. Chittaro, R. Pugliese et al.
      Pages 237-251

About this book

Grid architectures, which are viewed as tools for the integration of distributed resources, play a significant role as managers of computational resources, but also as aggregators of measurement instrumentation and pervasive large-scale data acquisition platforms.  The functionality of a grid architecture allows managing, maintaining, and exploiting hetereogeneous instrumentation and acquisition devices in a unifed way by providing standardized interfaces and common work environments to their users.  This result is achieved through the properties of isolation from the physical network and from the peculiarites of the instrumentation granted by standard middleware together with secure and flexibile mechanisms which seek, access, and aggregate distributed resources.

This book focuses on a number of aspects related to the effective exploitation of remote instrumentation on the grid.  These include middleware architecture, high speed networking in support of grid applications, wireless grid for acquisition devices and sensor networks, quality of service provisioning for real time control, and measurement instrumentation.

Editors and Affiliations

  • CNIT, University of Genoa Research Unit, DIST-University of Genoa, Italy

    Franco Davoli, Sandro Zappatore

  • Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center (PSNC), Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry Polish Academy of Sciences, 61-704 Poznań, Poland

    Norbert Meyer

  • Information Technology Department, Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A, 34012 Basovizza (Trieste), Italy

    Roberto Pugliese

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eBook USD 169.00
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Softcover Book USD 219.99
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