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DCOSS
2006
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
Distributed User Access Control in Sensor Networks
User access control in sensor networks defines a process of granting user the access right to the information and resources. It is essential for the future real sensor network depl...
Haodong Wang, Qun Li
DCOSS
2006
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
Gappa: Gossip Based Multi-channel Reprogramming for Sensor Networks
Abstract. Reprogramming the sensor networks in place is an important and challenging problem. One way suggested for reprogramming is with the help of an UAV (Unmanned Ariel Vehicle...
Limin Wang, Sandeep S. Kulkarni
DCOSS
2006
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
COTA: A Robust Multi-hop Localization Scheme in Wireless Sensor Networks
In wireless sensor networks, multi-hop localization schemes are very vulnerable to various attacks such as wormholes and range modification attacks. In this paper, we propose a rob...
Yawen Wei, Zhen Yu, Yong Guan
DCOSS
2006
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
The Virtual Pheromone Communication Primitive
We propose a generic communication primitive designed for sensor networks. Our primitive hides details of network communication while retaining sufficient programmer control over t...
Leo Szumel, John D. Owens
DCOSS
2006
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
Y-Threads: Supporting Concurrency in Wireless Sensor Networks
Abstract. Resource constrained systems often are programmed using an eventbased model. Many applications do not lend themselves well to an event-based approach, but preemptive mult...
Christopher Nitta, Raju Pandey, Yann Ramin
DCOSS
2006
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
Lifetime Maximization of Sensor Networks Under Connectivity and k-Coverage Constraints
In this paper, we study the fundamental limits of a wireless sensor network's lifetime under connectivity and k-coverage constraints. We consider a wireless sensor network wit...
Wei Mo, Daji Qiao, Zhengdao Wang
DCOSS
2006
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
MobiRoute: Routing Towards a Mobile Sink for Improving Lifetime in Sensor Networks
Improving network lifetime is a fundamental challenge of wireless sensor networks. One possible solution consists in making use of mobile sinks. Whereas theoretical analysis shows...
Jun Luo, Jacques Panchard, Michal Piórkowsk...
DCOSS
2006
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
Comparative Analysis of Push-Pull Query Strategies for Wireless Sensor Networks
Abstract. We present a comparative mathematical analysis of two important distinct approaches to hybrid push-pull querying in wireless sensor networks: structured hash-based data-c...
Shyam Kapadia, Bhaskar Krishnamachari
DCOSS
2006
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
Approximation Algorithms for Power-Aware Scheduling of Wireless Sensor Networks with Rate and Duty-Cycle Constraints
We develop algorithms for finding the minimum energy transmission schedule for duty-cycle and rate constrained wireless sensor nodes transmitting over an interference channel. Sinc...
Rajgopal Kannan, Shuangqing Wei