Application and Multidisciplinary Aspects of Wireless Sensor Networks: Concepts, Integration, and Case Studies / Edition 1

by Liljana Gavrilovska, Srdjan Krco, Veljko Milutinovic, Ivan Stojmenovic, Roman Trobec

Overview

It is a general trend in computing that computers are becoming ever smaller and ever more interconnected. Sensor networks – large networks of small, simple devices – are a logical extreme of this trend. Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are attracting an increasing degree of research interest, with a growing number of industrial applications starting to emerge. Two of these applications, personal health monitoring and emergency/disaster recovery, are the focus of the European Commission project ProSense: Promote, Mobilize, Reinforce and Integrate Wireless Sensor Networking Research and Researchers. This hands-on introduction to WSN systems development presents a broad coverage of topics in the field, contributed by researchers involved in the ProSense project. An emphasis is placed on the practical knowledge required for the successful implementation of WSNs. Divided into four parts, the first part covers basic issues of sensors, software, and position-based routing prools. Part two focuses on multidisciplinary issues, including sensor network integration, mobility aspects, georouting, medical applications, and vehicular sensor networks. The remaining two parts present case studies and further applications. Topics and features: presents a broad overview of WSN technology, including an introduction to sensor and sensing technologies; contains an extensive section on case studies, providing details of the development of a number of WSN applications; discusses frameworks for WSN systems integration, through which WSN technology will become fundamental to the Future Internet concept; investigates real-world applications of WSN systems in medical and vehicular sensor networks; with a Foreword by the Nobel Laurate Professor Martin Perl of Stanford University. Providing holistic coverage of WSN technology, this text/reference will enable graduate students of computer science, electrical engineering and telecommunications to master the specific domains ofthis emerging area. The book will also be a valuable resource for researchers and practitioners interested in entering the field.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781849965095
Publisher:	Springer London
Publication date:	10/06/2010
Series:	Computer Communications and Networks
Edition description:	2011
Pages:	282
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.80(d)

Table of Contents

1 Introduction: Bird's-Eye View of Wireless Sensor Networks Aleksandar Crnjin 1

Part I Basic Issues

2 Sensors Goran Rakocevic 13

3 Software Issues in Wireless Sensor Networks Aleksandar Crnjin 33

4 Position-Based Routing Protocols for Ad Hoc Networks Liana K. Qabajeh Laiha Mat Kiah Mohammad M. Qabajeh 47

Part II Multidisciplinary Issues

5 Sensor Networks' Integration Szymon Fedor Alex Gluhak Srdjan Krco 87

6 Mobility Aspects in WSN Aleksandra Mateska Liljana Gavrilovska Sotiris Nikoletseas 119

7 Modeling for Geo-Routing in Multi-Hop Wireless Networks Adnan Khan Costas Constantinou Ivan Stojmenovic 145

8 Medical Applications of Wireless Sensor Networks: Who-Did-What Stanislava Stankovic 171

9 Optimized Positioning of ECG Electrodes for WSN Applications Ivan Tomašic Roman Trobec 185

10 Vehicular Sensor Networks: General Aspects and Implementation Issues Vladimir Atanasovski Liljana Gavrilovska 213

Part III Case Studies

11 FEEIT WSN Testbed: Effective System for Providing Emergency Situations' Prevention and Surveillance Aleksandra Mateska Vladimir Atanasovski Liljana Gavrilovska 245

12 ETF WSN Testbed: Practical Health Enhancing Application of Wireless Sensor Networks Zoran Babovic Aleksandar Crnjin Goran Rakocevic Stanislava Stankovic Veljko Milutinovic 257

Part IV Birds of a Feather

13 Ubiquitous Sensor Networks Zhilbert Tafa 267

14 eMuseum Aleksandar corovic Bojan Imamovic Edin Kadric Lejla Kadric Nermin Lipa Selma Opanovic 269

15 The PAR Logistics Solver Problem Gordana Nikolic Dario Zoric Alan Martinovic David Dubrovic 271

16 Wireless Sensor-Based Robot Control Gyula Mester Istvan Matijevics Tamas Szepe Janos Simon 275

Index 279

Editorial Reviews

From the reviews:

“This edited volume attempts to introduce WSNs, capture their essence by presenting some of their characteristics and challenges, and illustrate some implementation examples. … provide a good survey that anyone who is interested in examining the topics in greater depth can easily use as a valuable starting point. … Both undergraduate students and practitioners … will find the level of material in this book useful and easy to follow. … teachers could use a number of the chapters as supplemental material.” (George Dimitoglou, ACM Computing Reviews, June, 2011)

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