Introduction

Abstract

This book covers several design issues on wireless sensor network (WSN) based physical quantity observation in cyber-physical systems (CPSs). In brief, we are interested in observing physical systems by massively deployed, small, embedded low-power and low-cost wireless sensor nodes, where microprocessors, sensors, power, communication unit and other peripherals are integrated on one board or even one chip. More specifically, we focus on how to utilize the physical laws, or models, to systematically design WSNs and enhance their performances under realworld scenarios.