
Wireless Sensor Networks
Deployments and Design Frameworks
Springer (Publisher)
Published on 23. September 2010
Book
Hardback
XVI, 290 pages
978-1-4419-5833-4 (ISBN)
Description
The twentieth century ended with the vision of smart dust: a network of wirelessly connected devices whose size would match that of a dust particle, each one a se- containedpackageequippedwithsensing,computation,communication,andpower. Smart dust held the promise to bridge the physical and digital worlds in the most unobtrusive manner, blending together realms that were previously considered well separated. Applications involved scattering hundreds, or even thousands, of smart dust devices to monitor various environmental quantities in scenarios ranging from habitat monitoring to disaster management. The devices were envisioned to se- organize to accomplish their task in the most ef?cient way. As such, smart dust would become a powerful tool, assisting the daily activities of scientists and en- neers in a wide range of disparate disciplines. Wireless sensor networks (WSNs), as we know them today, are the most no- worthy attempt at implementing the smart dust vision. In the last decade, this ?eld has seen a fast-growing investment from both academia and industry. Signi?cant ?nancial resources and manpower have gone into making the smart dust vision a reality through WSNs. Yet, we still cannot claim complete success. At present, only specialist computerscientists or computerengineershave the necessary background to walk the road from conception to a ?nal, deployed, and running WSN system.
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Edition
2010 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Professional/practitioner
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
XVI, 290 p.
Dimensions
Height: 242 mm
Width: 167 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
607 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4419-5833-4 (9781441958334)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4419-5834-1
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Content
Wireless Sensor Networks Design for Deployment.- Learning from Deployment Experience.- Designing for Deployment.- Wireless Sensor Network Applications Case Studies.- Volcano Monitoring: Addressing Data Quality Through Iterative Deployment.- VoxNet: Reducing Latency in High Data Rate Applications.- Failure Is Inevitable: The Trade-off Between Missing Data and Maintenance.- Cane Toad Monitoring: Data Reduction in a High Rate Application.- ExScal: Dealing with Scale.- Glacier Monitoring: Deploying Custom Hardware in Harsh Environments.- Adding the Human Element: Experience with a Wireless Patient Monitoring System.