A Network Architecture for Distributed Event Based Systems in an Ubiquitous Sensing Scenario

TL;DR

This paper proposes a novel network architecture for distributed event-based systems in ubiquitous sensing scenarios, utilizing Directional Random Walks to efficiently construct dissemination paths and balance load.

Contribution

Introduces a merged network and overlay layer architecture using Directional Random Walks for improved load balancing in event-based systems.

Findings

DRWs effectively balance load with minimal nodes

The architecture merges network and overlay layers for efficiency

Initial results show promising load distribution

Abstract

Ubiquitous sensing devices frequently disseminate their data between them. The use of a distributed event-based system that decouples publishers of subscribers arises as an ideal candidate to implement the dissemination process. In this paper, we present a network architecture which merges the network and overlay layers of typical structured event-based systems. Directional Random Walks (DRWs) are used for the construction of this merged layer. Our first results show that DRWs are suitable to balance the load using a few nodes in the network to construct the dissemination path. As future work, we propose to study the properties of this new layer and to work on the design of Bloom filters to manage broker nodes.