— The IEEE 802.15.4 Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol is designed for low data rate, short distance and low power communication applications such as Wireless Sensor Networks (...
Abstract—WiMAX with femto cells is a cost-effective nextgeneration broadband wireless communication system. Cognitive Radio (CR) has recently emerged as a promising technology to...
Distributed intelligence and secure interconnected communication networks constitute recognized key factors for the economic operation of electricity infrastructures in competitiv...
Data gathering is a common but critical operation in many applications of wireless sensor networks. The innovative techniques that improve energy efficiency to prolong the network ...
Grid technologies are emerging as the next generation of distributed computing, allowing the aggregation of resources that are geographically distributed across different location...