Energy Consumption by Deploying a Reactive Multi-Agent System Inside Wireless Sensor Networks

Intelligent software agents can be a valuable tool to model and implement wireless sensor networks (WSN). Such networks have a set of inherent limitations, such as energy, limited resources, limited computing, and unreliable wireless links. These limitations make the design and development of intelligent software agents and multi-agent systems in such networks hard and complex. In near future, WSNs will be more robust and highly supported by intelligent agents that will allow WSNs to behave like intelligent systems. This paper presents the results of an experimental WSN system executing reactive agents in nodes. We measure the energy consumption and propose a possible integration model of multi-agent architectures, with WSNs using plug computers as a strong base station.