Current data collection protocols for wireless sensor networks are mostly based on quasi-
static minimum-cost routing trees. We consider an alternative, highly-agile approach called …

As sensor networks move towards increasing heterogeneity, the number of link layers, MAC
protocols, and underlying transportation mechanisms increases. System developers must …

During the past few years there has been an dramatic upsurge in research and
development, implementations of new technologies, and deployments of actual solutions …

Sensor networks are a promising approach for a variety of applications, such as monitoring
safety and security of buildings and spaces, measuring traffic flows, and tracking …

In data collection applications of low-end sensor networks, a major challenge is ensuring
reliability without a significant goodput degradation. Short hops over high-quality links …

Today it is possible to deploy sensor networks in the real world and collect large amounts of
raw sensory data. However, it remains a major challenge to make sense of sensor data, ie …

The design of distributed, wireless, and embedded system is a tedious and error-prone
process. Experiences from previous real-world wireless sensor network (WSN) deployments …

Designing Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) has proven to be a slow, tedious and error-
prone process due to the inherent intricacies of designing a distributed, wireless, and …

Testing and verification methodologies for wireless sensor networks (WSN) systems in pre-
deployment are vital for a successful deployment. Increased visibility of the internal state of a …

Abstract A Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) is an embedded computation system for
distributed sensing of a dispersed phenomenon. It is a distributed system built of …