Abstract: A method of operating a sensor network including a plurality of sensors and one or more control stations. The method includes generating by a processor-based device operatively connected to the at least one sensor from among the plurality of sensors, one or more concurrent predicted requests. Each predicted request specifies parameters related to output data predicted to be requested by the one or more control stations and related to the captured data, selecting a utility from among multiple predefined utilities stored in a memory of the device, the utility being selected based, at least, on the one or more parameters specified in the generated predicted request, and using the selected utility to process data captured by the at least one sensor, thereby giving rise to predicted output data usable by an incoming request from the one or more control stations when the incoming request corresponds to the predicted request.

Abstract: A method of operating a sensor node in a sensor network including a plurality of sensor nodes and at least one control station. The method includes obtaining by a processor-based device operatively connected to at least one sensor from a plurality of sensors a request specifying at least one parameter corresponding to output data to be provided by the sensor node, and using the obtained request to select at least one utility. The at least one utility from among a plurality of predefined utilities, wherein the selected utility is configured to execute at least one of predefined functions selected from the group consisting of: functions related to obtaining sensor data usable to generate output data; functions related to processing sensor data to generate output data; and functions related to buffering generated output data. The method further includes automatically reconfiguring operation of the sensor node in accordance with the selected utility.