Abstract: Wireless sensor networks are resource-constrained and application-related. Wireless sensor networks are different from other traditional computer networks, so the traditional network management is no longer applied to wireless sensor networks and wireless sensor network management is faced with many challenges. This paper briefly described the technology background of the wireless sensor network management; gave the corresponding management characteristies in wireless sensor networks with the characteristics of wireless sensor network itself;then put forward a common framework of wireless sensor network management and discussed the contents of the various management and research progress in detail;finally,we discussed the public challenges facing the wireless sensor network management and pointed out the future research directions.

Key words: Wireless sensor networks,Network management,Management technology