The production, productivity and safety of underground coal mines are greatly affected by
the environmental conditions of the mines. Hence, continuous monitoring of the complex …

Topology Control (TC) is one of the most important techniques used in wireless ad hoc and
sensor networks to reduce energy consumption (which is essential to extend the network …

Learn all you need to know about wireless sensor networks! Protocols and Architectures for
Wireless Sensor Networks provides a thorough description of the nuts and bolts of wireless …

Gathering sensed information in an energy efficient manner is critical to operating the sensor
network for a long period of time. The LEACH protocol presented by Heinzelman et al.(2000) …

Designing, implementing, and operating a wireless sensor network involves a wide range of
disciplines and many application-specific constraints. To make sense of and take advantage …

The wireless sensor network (WSN) technology spawns a surge of unforeseen applications.
The diversity of these emerging applications represents the great success of this technology …

We present a method for the detection of instances of an object class, such as cars or
pedestrians, in natural images. Similarly to some previous work, this is accomplished via the …

As the field of communications networks continues to evolve, the challenging area of
wireless sensor networks is rapidly coming of age. Recent advances have made it possible …

Wireless networking has witnessed an explosion of interest from consumers in recent years
for its applications in mobile and personal communications. As wireless networks become …

In a multihop wireless network, each node has a transmission radius and is able to send a
message to all of its neighbors that are located within the radius. In a broadcasting task, a …