Sustainable Wireless Sensor Networks (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789533072975)

Wireless Sensor Networks came into prominence around the start of this millennium motivated by the omnipresent scenario of small-sized sensors with limited power deployed in large numbers over an area to monitor different phenomenon. The sole motivation of a large portion of research efforts has been to maximize the lifetime of the network, where network lifetime is typically measured from the instant of deployment to the point when one of the nodes has expended its limited power source and becomes in-operational - commonly referred as first node failure. Over the years, research has increasingly adopted ideas from wireless communications as well as embedded systems development in order to move this technology closer to realistic deployment scenarios. In such a rich research area as wireless sensor networks, it is difficult if not impossible to provide a comprehensive coverage of all relevant aspects. In this book, we hope to give the reader with a snapshot of some aspects of wireless sensor networks research that provides both a high level overview as well as detailed discussion on specific areas.

Author: Yen Kheng Tan
ISBN-10: 9533072970
ISBN-13: 9789533072975
Publisher: Intechopen
Language: English
Published: 12/14/2010
Pages: 586
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.48lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 1.25d