There has been an increase in research interest in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) as a
result of the potential for their widespread use in many different areas like home automation …

This paper focuses on reducing the power consumption of wireless microsensor networks.
Therefore, a communication protocol named LEACH (low-energy adaptive clustering …

When choosing the technology options to develop a wireless sensor network (WSN), it is
vital that their performance levels can be assessed for the type of application intended. This …

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) are mainly characterized by dense deployment of sensor
nodes which collectively transmit information about sensed events to the sink. Due to the …

This book provides a comprehensive yet easy coverage of ad hoc and sensor networks and
fills the gap of existing literature in this growing field. It emphasizes that there is a major …

In order to fully realize the potential of sensor networks, energy awareness should be
incorporated into every stage of the network design and operation. In this paper, we address …

As one of the wireless sensor network killer applications, object tracking sensor networks
(OTSNs) disclose many opportunities for energy-aware system design and implementations …

Medium access protocols for wireless sensor networks are especially challenging because
the receiver of a sensor node in a distributed multi-hop network must be turned off most of …

Energy is one of the most critical constraints for sensor network applications. In this paper,
we exploit the localized prediction paradigm for power-efficient object tracking sensor …

This book presents state-of-the-art cross-layer optimization techniques for energy-efficient
information processing and routing in wireless sensor networks. Besides providing a survey …