Distributed processing through ad hoc and sensor networks is having a major impact on
scale and applications of computing. The creation of new cyber-physical services based on …

This paper is concerned with the sliding mode control (SMC) problem for a class of uncertain
discrete-time systems subject to unmatched external disturbances and communication …

Using of wireless sensor networks in extreme and inaccessible environments usually has
energy issues of some kind. The IEEE 802.15. 4 is designed in general to fulfill this …

Supported by IEEE 802.15. 4 standardization activities, embedded networks have been
gaining popularity in recent years. The focus of this paper is to quantify the behavior of key …

With rapid advancements in sensing, networking, and computing technologies, recent years
have witnessed the emergence of cyber-physical systems (CPS) in a broad range of …

Low-powered and light-weight sensor nodes will be deployed for e-health services in
wireless body area networks (WBANs). Recently, the Institute of Electrical and Electronic …

Many of existing analytical studies of the IEEE 802.15. 4 medium access control (MAC)
protocol are not adequate because they are often based on assumptions such as …

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pplications Edited by Chonggang Wang • Tao Jiang • Qian Zhang ZigBee® Network Protocols …

The IEEE 802.15. 4 standard for wireless sensor networks can support energy efficient,
reliable, and timely packet transmission by tuning the medium access control parameters …

Recently proposed IEEE 802.15. 4-2015 MAC introduced a new prioritized contention
access (PCA) for transfer of time-critical packets with lower channel access latency …