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- Towards TCP/IP for Wireless Sensor Networks
- Wireless sensor networks are composed of large numbers - up to thousands - of tiny radio-equipped sensors. Every sensor has a small microprocessor with enough power to allow the sensors to autonomously form networks through which sensor information is gathered. Wireless sensor networks makes it possible to monitor places like...
- Tags: TCP/IP, Network, Sensor, Sensor Network, Wi-Fi, Wireless
- White papers 2005-03-01
- Topological Hole Detection in Wireless Sensor Networks and Its Applications
- The identification of holes in a wireless sensor network is of primary interest since the breakdown of sensor nodes in a larger area often indicates one of the special events to be monitored by the network in the first place (e.g. outbreak of a fire, destruction by an earthquakes etc.)....
- Tags: Network, Stanford University, Sensor, Wi-Fi, Wireless
- White papers 2005-08-02
- Wireless Sensor Network Security: A Survey
- As wireless sensor networks continue to grow, so does the need for effective security mechanisms. Because sensor networks may interact with sensitive data and/or operate in hostile unattended environments, it is imperative that these security concerns be addressed from the beginning of the system design. However, due to inherent resource...
- Tags: Wireless Sensor Network, Survey, Wireless, CRC Press, Security
- White papers 2006-07-28
- Energy-Efficient TCP Operation in Wireless Sensor Networks
- Many applications of wireless sensor networks require connectivity to external networks to let monitoring and controlling entities communicate with the sensors. By using the TCP/IP protocols inside the sensor network, external connectivity can be achieved anywhere in the sensor network. In such IP-based sensor networks, TCP can be used for...
- Tags: Network, Sensor, TCP, Wireless, Sensor Network, Tcp/Ip, Networking
- White papers 2005-03-02
- Optimal Itinerary Analysis for Mobile Agents in Ad Hoc Wireless Sensor Networks
- One of the most important problems studied in any sensor network is data fusion. Client/server paradigm has been a commonly used computing model in traditional Distributed Sensor Networks DSNs. However, the deployment of Wireless Sensor Networks WSNs and its ad hoc nature have brought new challenges to the fusion task....
- Tags: Advertisement, Mobile, Network, Sensor, Fusion, Analysis, Client/server Paradigm, Networking
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- Distributed TCP Caching for Wireless Sensor Networks
- Many applications of wireless sensor networks are useful only when connected to an external network. Previous research on transport layer protocols for sensor networks has focused on designing protocols specifically targeted for sensor networks. The deployment of TCP/IP in sensor networks would, however, enable direct connection between the sensor network...
- Tags: Network, Sensor, TCP, Sensor Network, Tcp/Ip, Wi-Fi, Networking, Wireless
- White papers 2007-01-01
- A Security Framework for Wireless Sensor Networks
- Wireless sensor networks are result of developments in micro electro mechanical systems and wireless networks. These networks are made of tiny nodes which are becoming future of many applications where sensor networks are deployed in hostile environments. The deployment nature where sensor networks are prone to physical interaction with environment...
- Tags: Network, Wireless Sensor Network, University Of Sydney, Sensor Network, Security Measure, Security, Wireless
- White papers 2006-02-09
- StarDust: A Flexible Architecture for Passive Localization in Wireless Sensor Networks
- The problem of localization in wireless sensor networks where nodes do not use ranging hardware remains a challenging problem, when considering the required location accuracy, energy expenditure and the duration of the localization phase. This paper proposes a framework, called StarDust, for wireless sensor network localization based on passive optical...
- Tags: Network, Localization, Sensor, Stardust, Wi-Fi, Wireless
- White papers 2006-11-03
- Connecting Wireless Sensornets With TCP/IP Networks
- Wireless sensor networks are based on the collaborative efforts of many small wireless sensor nodes, which collectively are able to form networks through which sensor information can be gathered. Such networks usually cannot operate in complete isolation, but must be connected to an external network through which monitoring and controlling...
- Tags: Network, Wireless, Sensor Network, Tcp/Ip, Network Technology, Networking
- White papers 2007-01-01
- An Investigation Into Intra-Vehicle Sensor Networks
- Wireless sensor networks enable the development of distributed sensing applications atop tiny "Mote" computing platforms. As a result, collections of these motes can be placed in an environment in order to collect data unobtrusively. This paper presents an investigation into the feasibility of retrofitting a vehicle with wireless sensor network...
- Tags: Network, Sensor, University Of California, Sensor Network, Wi-Fi, Wireless
- White papers 2006-12-10
- MMSN: Multi-Frequency Media Access Control for Wireless Sensor Networks
- Multi-frequency media access control has been well understood in general wireless ad hoc networks, while in wireless sensor networks, researchers still focus on single frequency solutions. In wireless sensor networks, each device is typically equipped with a single radio transceiver and applications adopt much smaller packet sizes compared to those...
- Tags: MAC, Network, Sensor, Wireless Sensor Network, Wi-Fi, Wireless
- White papers 2005-12-14
- A Taxonomy of Wireless Micro-Sensor Network Models
- In future smart environments, wireless sensor networks will play a key role in sensing, collecting, and disseminating information about environmental phenomena. Sensing applications represent a new paradigm for network operation, one that has different goals from more traditional wireless networks. This paper examines this emerging field to classify wireless micro-sensor...
- Tags: Network, Taxonomy, Networking, Wi-Fi, Wireless
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- The Worst-Case Capacity of Wireless Sensor Networks
- The key application scenario of wireless sensor networks is data gathering: sensor nodes transmit data, possibly in a multi-hop fashion, to an information sink. The performance of sensor networks is thus characterized by the rate at which information can be aggregated to the sink. This paper derives the first scaling...
- Tags: Network, Sensor, Association For Computing Machinery, Sensor Network, Wi-Fi, Wireless
- White papers 2007-04-27
- Multi-Criteria Routing in Wireless Sensor-Based Pervasive Environments
- Wireless sensor networks are expected to be an integral part of any pervasive computing environment. This implies an ever-increasing need for efficient energy and resource management of both the sensor nodes, as well as the overall sensor network, in order to meet the expected quality of data and service requirements....
- Tags: Network, Network Service, Environment, Sensor, Wireless, Sensor Network, Networking
- White papers 2005-12-01
- A Survey on Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks
- The availability of low-cost hardware such as CMOS cameras and microphones has fostered the development of Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks WMSNs, i.e., networks of wirelessly interconnected devices that are able to ubiquitously retrieve multimedia content such as video and audio streams, still images, and scalar sensor data from the environment....
- Tags: Multimedia, Reed Elsevier Inc., Network, Sensor, Survey, Hardware, Wi-Fi, Wireless
- White papers 2006-10-05
- Monte-Carlo Localization for Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks
- Localization is crucial to many applications in wireless sensor networks. This paper proposes a range-free anchor-based localization algorithm for mobile wireless sensor networks that builds upon the Monte Carlo Localization algorithm. The paper concentrates on improving the localization accuracy and efficiency by making better use of the information a sensor...
- Tags: Mobile, Network, Localization, Sensor, Wi-Fi, Engineering, Wireless
- White papers 2006-09-28
- BodyQoS: Adaptive and Radio-Agnostic QoS for Body Sensor Networks
- As wireless devices and sensors are increasingly deployed on people, researchers have begun to focus on wireless body-area networks. Applications of wireless body sensor networks include healthcare, entertainment, and personal assistance, in which sensors collect physiological and activity data from people and their environments. In these body sensor networks, quality...
- Tags: QoS, Network, Sensor, BodyQoS, Networking, Wi-Fi, Wireless
- White papers 2008-01-03
- Wireless Fusion Sensor Network (WFSN)
- This paper proposes Wireless Fusion Sensor Network WFSN consisting of two domains, i.e., fusion sensor and wireless fusion network domains. In the fusion sensor domain, detecting and tracking of target objects are performed based on particle filter based position estimation, and the estimates from RFID/acoustic sensors rasensors are compensated by...
- Tags: Sensor, Wi-Fi, Wireless
- White papers 2007-01-23
- TCP Support for Sensor Networks
- Communication between sensors and controlling entities at the edge or outside the sensor network is needed for reliable remote sensor node management and reprogramming. TCP would be useful for tasks, where reliable unicast is appropriate, but the high bit error rates in wireless sensor networks lead to energy inefficiencies reducing...
- Tags: Network, Sensor, TCP, Sensor Network, Tcp/Ip, Networking
- White papers 2006-12-02
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