The combination of sensor and actor nodes in wireless sensor actor networks (WSANs) has
created new challenges notably in coordination. In this paper, we survey, categorize, and …

Internet of Things in many applications depends on Wireless Sensor Networks where the
sensors are battery powered. Recent advances in wireless energy transfer and …

The sensor nodes of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are usually positioned in remote or
inaccessible areas and hence the physical maintenance such as battery replacement is …

Restoration of sensors' energy is crucial to ensure continuous operations of a sensor
network. In static sensor networks, energy restoration requires the use of special mobile …

This chapter is geared toward the recent unveiling of relevant application scenarios for robot‐
assisted wireless sensor networks, a functional categorization of a novel class of …

Energy management has become one of the main hurdles in the quest for autonomous and
reliable Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN). This paper examines the emerging problem of …

The coverage provided by a sensor network degrades over time as the batteries powering
the sensors become exhausted. A common approach to energy restoration in sensor …

Wireless-charging technology can utilize a mobile wireless charging vehicle (WCV) to
rescue dying nodes by supplementing their remaining energy, and using WCVs in this way …

As most existing sensors are powered by batteries, the coverage provided by a sensor
network degrades over time and eventually disappears if energy is not restored. A common …

Recently, due to significant research and development efforts, an innovative field of Wireless
Sensor Network (WSN) technologies is evolving as powerful platform for systematically …