Distributed Rules Engines for Robust Sensor Networks

A system, comprises:

• a network supporting:
• a server tier that produces rules that are distributed among application layers (not shown) resident in gateway devices;
• a gateway tier that receives the produced rules and is configured to transfer function control to received rules;
• plural nodes interconnected by a network including the gateway devices, each node comprising:
• a processor running an operating system;
• and
• memory in communication with the processor,
• receive an independent software agent from a first tier in the network, with the software agent being a dynamically loaded “root function” received in small messages that are messages not containing a complete re-statement of the entire executable code, and are installed on the node that includes at least one rule;
• and
• execute the at least one rule included in the independent software agent by the operating system of the end-node according to an established function priority for the node.