%0 Conference Paper %A Ponnusamy, V. %A Hudaya, A. %A Downe, A.G. %D 2012 %F scholars:2833 %K Battery power; Biologically inspired; Energy efficient; Habitat monitoring; Human intervention; Illegal immigrants; Intrusion Detection Systems; Malaysia; Micro level; Over current; Remote areas; Remote monitoring; Remote monitoring system; Satellite transmission; Self-healing; Weather monitoring; Wireless sensor, Crime; Energy efficiency; Information science; Mobile agents; Remote control; Technology; Wireless sensor networks, Sensor nodes %P 729-735 %R 10.1109/ICCISci.2012.6297123 %T A biologically inspired energy efficient intrusion detection system %U https://khub.utp.edu.my/scholars/2833/ %V 2 %X Wireless sensors are being widely used in remote monitoring environments to achieve habitat monitoring, wildlife tracking, weather monitoring, tsunami alerts, and so on. Sensor nodes placed in remote areas require less attention and supervision, but require significant battery power to survive long periods of time. Recharging or replacing batteries are difficult since units are often placed in areas which are difficult to access. Hence this technology requires sensor nodes to be as autonomic as possible where the nodes should be able to manage themselves without human intervention. We proposed a new mobile agent based energy efficient, selfhealing framework for a sensor network. The proposed framework will be implemented in a real world prototype specifically providing detection of illegal entry to designated areas. Such an application might be useful in regulating cross-boundary passage of illegal immigrants to Malaysia. Wireless sensor remote monitoring may offer advantages over current remote monitoring systems in Malaysia, which utilize satellite transmission primarily. Deploying sensors would enable a micro level monitoring of illegal movements of people and goods or illegal resource harvesting practices. © 2012 IEEE. %Z cited By 1; Conference of 2012 International Conference on Computer and Information Science, ICCIS 2012 - A Conference of World Engineering, Science and Technology Congress, ESTCON 2012 ; Conference Date: 12 June 2012 Through 14 June 2012; Conference Code:93334