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2007
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
Emergency Evacuation using Wireless Sensor Networks
—This paper presents a distributed algorithm to direct evacuees to exits through arbitrarily complex building layouts in emergency situations. The algorithm finds the safest pat...
Matthew Barnes, Hugh Leather, D. K. Arvind
INFOCOM
2007
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
Protecting Receiver-Location Privacy in Wireless Sensor Networks
—Due to the open nature of a sensor network, it is relatively easy for an adversary to eavesdrop and trace packet movement in the network in order to capture the receiver physica...
Ying Jian, Shigang Chen, Zhan Zhang, Liang Zhang
MASS
2010
162views Communications» more  MASS 2010»
13 years 7 months ago
A metric for routing in delay-sensitive wireless sensor networks
Abstract--We present a new scheme to reduce the end-toend routing delay in the mission-critical applications of the wireless sensor networks (WSNs) under the duty cycle model. Whil...
Zhen Jiang, Jie Wu, Risa Ito
COCOA
2009
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
Variable-Size Rectangle Covering
Abstract. In wireless communication networks, optimal use of the directional antenna is very important. The directional antenna coverage (DAC) problem is to cover all clients with ...
Francis Y. L. Chin, Hing-Fung Ting, Yong Zhang
IROS
2009
IEEE
151views Robotics» more  IROS 2009»
14 years 4 months ago
Simultaneous people tracking and localization for social robots using external laser range finders
—Robust localization of robots and reliable tracking of people are both critical requirements for the deployment of service robots in real-world environments. In crowded public s...
Dylan F. Glas, Takayuki Kanda, Hiroshi Ishiguro, N...