In this paper we discuss a selection of promising and interesting research areas in the
design of protocols and systems for wireless industrial communications. We have selected …

The adoption of wireless sensor networks by applications that require complex operations,
ranging from health care to industrial monitoring, has brought forward a new challenge of …

In this paper we formulate the static load balancing problem in single class job distributed
systems as a cooperative game among computers. It is shown that the Nash Bargaining …

Real-time wireless sensor networks are becoming more and more important by the
requirement of message delivery timeliness in emerging new applications. Supporting real …

The monitoring and control of crops in precision agriculture sometimes requires a high
collection frequency of information (eg, temperature, humidity, and salinity) due to the …

The IEEE 802.15. 4 protocol has the ability to support time-sensitive Wireless Sensor
Network (WSN) applications due to the Guaranteed Time Slot (GTS) Medium Access Control …

Recently, increasing demand for remote healthcare monitoring systems poses a specific set
of Quality of Services (QoS) requirements to the MAC layer protocols and standards (IEEE …

Future Internet of Things (IoT) networks are expected to support a massive number of
heterogeneous devices/sensors in diverse applications ranging from eHealthcare to …

Smart grid applications, such as teleprotection, synchrophasors, remote condition
monitoring, and control of assets, require timely and reliable data communication systems …

Abstract The IEEE 802.15. 4 protocol has become the primary solution for many low‐rate
wireless personal area network (LR‐WPAN) applications. This is especially the case for …