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SASN
2006
ACM
16 years 10 days ago
Inverting sensor networks and actuating the environment for spatio-temporal access control
Wireless sensor networks are typically deployed to measure the information field, rather than create an information field. However, by utilizing the radio on sensor nodes, it is...
Shu Chen, Yu Zhang, Wade Trappe
EWSN
2007
Springer
16 years 6 months ago
Crankshaft: An Energy-Efficient MAC-Protocol for Dense Wireless Sensor Networks
Abstract. This paper introduces Crankshaft, a MAC protocol specifically targeted at dense wireless sensor networks. Crankshaft employs node synchronisation and offset wake-up sched...
Gertjan P. Halkes, Koen Langendoen
GLOBECOM
2009
IEEE
15 years 4 months ago
Cooperative Communications with Relay Selection for QoS Provisioning in Wireless Sensor Networks
Abstract--Cooperative communications have been demonstrated to be effective in combating the multiple fading effects in wireless networks, and improving the network performance in ...
Xuedong Liang, Ilangko Balasingham, Victor C. M. L...
IWCMC
2009
ACM
16 years 27 days ago
Energy penalties for non-shortest paths in wireless sensor networks with link failures
This paper addresses the additional energy consumption in wireless sensor networks where the communication between the sensor nodes and the sink nodes does not always make use of ...
Geir Egeland, Paal E. Engelstad
CODES
2009
IEEE
15 years 9 months ago
An MDP-based application oriented optimal policy for wireless sensor networks
Technological advancements due to Moore’s law have led to the proliferation of complex wireless sensor network (WSN) domains. One commonality across all WSN domains is the need ...
Arslan Munir, Ann Gordon-Ross