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Virtual Control Policy for Binary Ordered Resources Petri Net Class.
Carlos A Rovetto1, Tomás J Concepción2, Elia Esther Cano3
1Computer Systems Engineering Department, Technological University of Panama, 0819-07289, El Dorado, Panama City, Republic of Panama. carlos.rovetto@utp.ac.pa.
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
|August 23, 2016
Summary
This study introduces a novel virtual control policy to prevent deadlocks in sensor networks using wormhole routing. The Binary Ordered Resources Petri Net (BORPN) offers a simplified analysis of complex system behaviors.
Area of Science:
- Computer Science
- Network Engineering
- Distributed Systems
Background:
- Deadlocks are a significant challenge in sensor networks employing wormhole routing.
- Existing control policies often struggle with the complexity of large-scale systems.
Purpose of the Study:
- To propose a new virtual control policy for deadlock prevention in sensor networks.
- To introduce and analyze a specialized Petri net subclass, the Binary Ordered Resources Petri Net (BORPN).
Main Methods:
- Development of a virtual control policy based on the Binary Ordered Resources Petri Net (BORPN).
- BORPN is constructed from state machines sharing unitary resources, enabling complex process branching and joining.
- Analysis of system behavior using the reduced structure of BORPN.
Main Results:
- The proposed BORPN subclass offers a simplified approach to analyzing system behavior compared to traditional methods.
- The virtual control policy effectively addresses deadlock issues in wormhole-routed sensor networks.
- The reduced structure of BORPN facilitates deadlock analysis in complex systems.
Conclusions:
- The Binary Ordered Resources Petri Net (BORPN) provides an effective framework for designing deadlock prevention policies in sensor networks.
- This approach simplifies the analysis of complex system behaviors, overcoming limitations of existing routing algorithms.
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