— Data aggregation protocols can reduce the cost of communication, thereby extending the lifetime of sensor networks. Prior work on data aggregation protocols has focused on tree...
Abstract—Home area networks (HANs) promise to enable sophisticated home automation applications such as smart energy usage and assisted living. However, recent empirical study of...
Wireless sensor nodes are used to monitor patient vital signs in a medical application. To ensure proper patient care is provided, real-time patient data must be managed correctly...
John Herbert, John O'Donoghue, Gao Ling, Kai Fei, ...
Reconfiguration and self-adaptation are vital capabilities of sensor networks and networked embedded systems that are required to operate in dynamic environments. This paper prese...
Sachin Kogekar, Sandeep Neema, Xenofon D. Koutsouk...
A prominent functionality of a Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) is environmental monitoring. For this purpose the WSN creates a model for the real world by using abstractions to pars...