The confluence of inexpensive wireless communication, computation, and sensing has
created a new generation of smart devices. Using tens to thousands of these devices in self …

Wireless sensor networks are a new class of distributed systems that are an integral part of
the physical space they inhabit. Unlike most computers, which work primarily with data …

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Military surveillance, home health care or assisted living, and environmental science are
three major application areas for wireless sensor networks. Revolutionary changes are …

This paper describes the concept of sensor networks which has been made viable by the
convergence of micro-electro-mechanical systems technology, wireless communications …

A wireless sensor network (WSN) is a simple low-cost approach that can be used in a
distributed environment. A WSN is a group of distributed devices that could be employed to …

Advances in hardware and wireless network technologies have created low-cost, low-
power, multifunctional miniature sensor devices. These devices make up hundreds or …

The self-organizing nature of sensor networks, their autonomous operation and potential
architectural alternatives make them suitable for different data-centric applications. Their …

The vision of researchers to create smart environments through the deployment of
thousands of sensors, each with a short range wireless communications channel and …

Information processing in sensor networks is a rapidly emerging area of computer science
and electrical engineering research. Because of advances in micro-sensors, wireless …