SNIF: A Comprehensive Tool for Passive Inspection of Sensor Networks

Deployment of sensor networks in real-world settings is a laborintensive and cumbersome task: environmental influences often trigger problems that are difficult to track down due to limited visibility of the network state. In this extended abstract, we summarize our ongoing efforts to develop a tool for passive inspection of sensor networks, where the network state can be inferred without instrumentation of sensor nodes. We also discuss next steps to make this tool applicable to a larger class of applications.

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