Energy is the most crucial but scarce resource in wireless sensor networks (WSNs). A wealth of MAC protocols are proposed only to prolong the network lifetime for energy-efficienc...
Wireless sensor networks are commonly used to monitor and control the physical world. To provide a meaningful service such as disaster and emergency surveillance, meeting real-tim...
Muhammad Farukh Munir, Arzad Alam Kherani, Fethi F...
—The IEEE 802.15.4 standard has no provisions for rate sensitive applications because of its ability to operate in pure CSMA/CA or TDMA modes. Some operating scenarios for rate-s...
Various notions of coverage provided by wireless sensor networks have attracted considerable attention over the past few years. In general, coverage can be expressed geometrically...
This paper addresses the problem of engineering energy-efficient target detection applications using unattended Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) for long-lasting surveillance of are...
Paolo Medagliani, Jeremie Leguay, Vincent Gay, Mar...