Wireless Sensor Networks A Systems Perspective

by Nirupama Bulusu, Sanjay Jha (Editor)

Overview

This first-of-its-kind resource offers you an in-depth understanding of wireless sensor networks from a systems perspective. The book describes and categorizes the technological trends, leading applications, state-of-the-art platform developments, future trends, and challenges of sensor networks. You find critical coverage of network protocols and mechanisms for node localization, time synchronization, media access control, topology creation and management, routing, transport, storage, collaborative signal processing, security and fault tolerance, and node deployment in large-scale sensor networks.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781580538671
Publisher:	Artech House, Incorporated
Publication date:	07/31/2005
Series:	Artech House MEMS and Sensors Library
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	340
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.81(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction to Wireless Sensor Networks. Network Protocols - Sensor Coverage and Deployment. Sensor Self-Calibration. Node Localization. Time Synchronization. Media Access Control. Topology Formation and Maintenance. Multi-Hop Routing. Reliable Transmission. Congestion Control. Power Harvesting. Sensor-Coordinated Actuation. Sensor Network Tomography. Middleware - Date-Centric Communications. Data-Centric Storage. Macroprogramming and Sensor Database Systems. Security, Privacy and Fault-Tolerance.. Distributed Service Layering. Application-Driven Networked Systems Architecture - Habitat Monitoring. Structural Health Monitoring. Precision Agriculture. Workplace Applications. Appendix A: Glossary.