The wireless medium being inherently broadcast in nature and hence prone to interferences
requires highly optimized medium access control (MAC) protocols. This holds particularly …

With the growing interest in the use of autonomous computing, sensing and actuating
devices for various applications such as smart grids, home networking, smart environments …

This paper describes the concept of sensor networks which has been made viable by the
convergence of micro-electro-mechanical systems technology, wireless communications …

In the last years, wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have gained increasing attention from
both the research community and actual users. As sensor nodes are generally battery …

This paper presents the design, implementation and performance evaluation of a hybrid
MAC protocol, called Z-MAC, for wireless sensor networks that combines the strengths of …

We propose a novel event data collection approach named reliability and multipath
encounter routing (RMER) for meeting reliability and energy efficiency requirements. 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 …

There has been a growing interest in the applications of sensor networks. Since sensors are
generally constrained in on-board energy supply, efficient management of the network is …

Wireless sensor networks have potential to monitor environments for both military and civil
applications. Due to inhospitable conditions these sensors are not always deployed …

Sensor networks are meant for sensing and disseminating information about the
environment they sense. The criticality of a sensed phenomenon determines its importance …