Application and Multidisciplinary Aspects of Wireless Sensor Networks

1. Front Matter

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2. Basic Issues

   1. Front Matter

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3. Introduction: Bird’s-Eye View of Wireless Sensor Networks

   1. Introduction: Bird’s-Eye View of Wireless Sensor Networks

      • Aleksandar Crnjin

      Pages 1-9

4. Basic Issues

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Sensors

      • Goran Rakočević

      Pages 13-31

   3. Software Issues in Wireless Sensor Networks

      • Aleksandar Crnjin

      Pages 33-45

   4. Position-Based Routing Protocols for Ad Hoc Networks

      • Liana K. Qabajeh, Laiha Mat Kiah, Mohammad M. Qabajeh

      Pages 47-83

5. Multidisciplinary Issues

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Sensor Networks’ Integration

      • Szymon Fedor, Alex Gluhak, Srdjan Krco

      Pages 87-117

   3. Mobility Aspects in WSN

      • Aleksandra Mateska, Liljana Gavrilovska, Sotiris Nikoletseas

      Pages 119-143

   4. Modeling for Geo-Routing in Multi-Hop Wireless Networks

      • Adnan Khan, Costas Constantinou, Ivan Stojmenovic

      Pages 145-169

   5. Medical Applications of Wireless Sensor Networks: Who-Did-What

      • Stanislava Stanković

      Pages 171-184

   6. Optimized Positioning of ECG Electrodes for WSN Applications

      • Ivan Tomašić, Roman Trobec

      Pages 185-211

   7. Vehicular Sensor Networks: General Aspects and Implementation Issues

      • Vladimir Atanasovski, Liljana Gavrilovska

      Pages 213-241

6. Case Studies

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   2. FEEIT WSN Testbed: Effective System for Providing Emergency Situations’ Prevention and Surveillance

      • Aleksandra Mateska, Vladimir Atanasovski, Liljana Gavrilovska

      Pages 245-256

   3. ETF WSN Testbed: Practical Health Enhancing Application of Wireless Sensor Networks

      • Zoran Babović, Aleksandar Crnjin, Goran Rakočević, Stanislava Stanković, Veljko Milutinović

      Pages 257-264

7. Birds of a Feather

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   2. Ubiquitous Sensor Networks

      • Zhilbert Tafa

      Pages 267-268

   3. eMuseum

      • Aleksandar Ćorović, Bojan Imamović, Edin Kadrić, Lejla Kadrić, Nermin Lipa, Selma Opanović

      Pages 269-270

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 protocols. 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.

• Geographical Routing
• SunSPOT
• TinyOS
• Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs)

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)

• , Faculty of EE and IT, Ss. Cyril and Methodius Univ. of Skopje, Skopje, Macedonia

  Liljana Gavrilovska

• Ericsson Ireland Research Centre, Athlone, Ireland

  Srdjan Krco

• , Department of Computer Engineering, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

  Veljko Milutinovic

• , School of IT and Engineering, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

  Ivan Stojmenovic

• , Department of Communication Systems, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia

  Roman Trobec

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