Applications, Models, Problems, and Solution Strategies

Abstract

This chapter contains sections titled: Wireless Sensors Single-Hop Wireless Sensor Networks Multihop Wireless Sensor Networks Event-Driven, Periodic, and On-Demand Reporting Unit Disk Graph Modeling, Hop Count Metric, and Probabilistic Reception Adjustable Transmission Range and Power Metric Cost Metrics Sleep and Active State Modeling Architectures for Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks Simple Models and Application of Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks Generating Connected Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks Generating Mobile Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks Problems at Physical, MAC, and Transport Layers Problems at the Network Layer Localized Protocols as the Solution Framework Implementation of Sensor Motes Experiments On Test Beds Experiences with the Development of Sensor Network Systems References