Challenges and opportunities of connected k-covered wireless sensor networks : from sensor deployment to data gathering /

Challenges and opportunities of connected k-covered wireless sensor networks : from sensor deployment to data gathering /

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Author / Creator:	Ammari, Habib M.
Imprint:	Berlin : Springer, ©2009.
Description:	1 online resource (xxvi, 342 pages) : illustrations.
Language:	English
Series:	Studies in computational intelligence, 1860-949X ; v. 215 Studies in computational intelligence ; v. 215.
Subject:	Wireless sensor networks. Wireless sensor networks.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11073035

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ISBN:	9783642018787 3642018785 9783642018763 3642018769
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-334) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	Wireless sensor networks have received significant attention because of their important role and many conveniences in our lives. Indeed, the recent and fast advances in inexpensive sensor technology and wireless communications has made the design and development of large-scale wireless sensor networks cost-effective and appealing to a wide range of mission-critical situations, including civilian, natural, industrial, and military applications, such as health and environmental monitoring, seism monitoring, industrial process automation, and battlefields surveillance, respectively. A wireless sensor network consists of a large number of tiny, low-powered devices, called sensors, which are randomly or deterministically deployed in a field of interest while collaborating and coordinating for the successful accomplishment of their mission. These sensors suffer from very scarce resources and capabilities, such as bandwidth, storage, CPU, battery power (or energy), sensing, and communication, to name a few, with energy being the most critical one. The major challenge in the design process of this type of network is mainly due to the limited capabilities of the sensors, and particularly, their energy, which makes them unreliable. This book aims to develop a reader's thorough understanding of the opportunities and challenges of k-covered wireless sensor networks, where each point in a deployment field is covered (or sensed) by at least k sensors. Following René Descartes' most elegant methodology of dividing each difficulty into as many parts as might be possible and necessary to best solve it (Discours de la Method, 1637), this book presents a variety of theoretical studies based on percolation theory and computational geometry, as well as protocols that lead to the design of a unified framework, where connected k-coverage, sensor scheduling, and data routing and dissemination are jointly considered.
Other form:	Print version: Ammari, Habib. Challenges and opportunities of connected k-covered wireless sensor networks. [Berlin] : Springer Verlag, ©2009 9783642018763
Standard no.:	10.1007/978-3-642-01878-7

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Summary:	"The decomposition of the difficulties to be resolved, or the objects to be known, should be pushed up to the simplest elements ... Such elements are seized directly and completely by the intuition. " René Descartes, Discours de la méthode (1637) Wireless sensor networks have received significant attention because of their - portant role and many conveniences in our lives. Indeed, the recent and fast - vances in inexpensive sensor technology and wireless communications have made the design and development of large-scale wireless sensor networks cost-effective and appealing to a wide range of mission-critical situations, including civilian, natural, industrial, and military applications, such as health and environmental monitoring, seism monitoring, industrial process automation, and battlefields s- veillance, respectively. A wireless sensor network consists of a large number of - ny, low-powered devices, called sensors, which are randomly or deterministically deployed in a field of interest while collaborating and coordinating for the successful accomplishment of their mission. These sensors suffer from very scarce resources and capabilities, such as bandwidth, storage, CPU, battery power (or - ergy), sensing, and communication, to name a few, with energy being the most critical one. The major challenge in the design process of this type of network is mainly due to the limited capabilities of the sensors, and particularly, their energy, which makes them unreliable.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xxvi, 342 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-334) and index.
ISBN:	9783642018787 3642018785 9783642018763 3642018769
ISSN:	1860-949X ;