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This chapter describes about the challenges and essence of designing communication protocols for wireless sensor networks. The sensor nodes are densely deployed and collaboratively work together to provide higher quality sensing in time and space as compared to traditional stationary sensors. The applications of these sensor nodes as well as the issues in the transport, network, datalink, and physical layers are discussed. For applications that require precise timing, different types of timing techniques are explored.
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Su, W., Akan, Ö.B., Cayirci, E. (2004). Communication Protocols for Sensor Nerworks. In: Raghavendra, C.S., Sivalingam, K.M., Znati, T. (eds) Wireless Sensor Networks. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-7884-2_2
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