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Sensor Networks

Where Theory Meets Practice

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  • © 2009

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Editors:
  1. Gianluigi Ferrari

    1. Dipto. Ingegneria dell'Informazione, Università Parma, Parma, Italy

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  • Clear overview of on-going research activity
  • Introduces a new unifying perspective in the field of sensor networking
  • Motivates to explore an array of different areas
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Signals and Communication Technology (SCT)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Theory

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Competition and Collaboration in Wireless Sensor Networks

      • H. Vincent Poor
      Pages 3-15

    3. Distributed and Recursive Parameter Estimation

      • Srinivasan Sundhar Ram, Venugopal V. Veeravalli, Angelina Nedić
      Pages 17-38

    4. Self-Organization of Sensor Networks with Heterogeneous Connectivity

      • Arun Prasath, Abhinay Venuturumilli, Aravind Ranganathan, Ali A. Minai
      Pages 39-59

    5. Cooperative Strategies in Dense Sensor Networks

      • Anna Scaglione, Y.-W. Peter Hong, Birsen Sirkeci Mergen
      Pages 61-74

    6. Multipath Diversity and Robustness for Sensor Networks

      • Christina Fragouli, Katerina Argyraki, Lorenzo Keller
      Pages 75-99

  3. Theory and Practice

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101
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    2. Data Aggregation in Wireless Sensor Networks: A Multifaceted Perspective

      • Sergio Palazzo, Francesca Cuomo, Laura Galluccio
      Pages 103-143

    3. Robust Data Dissemination for Wireless Sensor Networks in Hostile Environments

      • Jun Lu, Yi Pan, Satoshi Yamamoto, Tatsuya Suda
      Pages 145-165

    4. Markov Decision Process-Based Resource and Information Management for Sensor Networks

      • David Akselrod, Thomas Lang, Michael McDonald, Thiagalingam Kirubarajan
      Pages 167-216

  4. Practice

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 217-217
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    2. Deployment Techniques for Sensor Networks

      • Jan Beutel, Kay Römer, Matthias Ringwald, Matthias Woehrle
      Pages 219-248

    3. Static and Dynamic Localization Techniques for Wireless Sensor Networks

      • Jean-Michel Dricot, Gianluca Bontempi, Philippe De Doncker
      Pages 249-281

    4. Enhancing Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks Using Surface Radios: Issues, Challenges and Solutions

      • Zhong Zhou, Hai Yan, Saleh Ibrahim, Jun-Hong Cui, Zhijie Shi, Reda Ammar
      Pages 283-307

    5. Communication Through Soil in Wireless Underground Sensor Networks – Theory and Practice

      • M. Can Vuran, Agnelo R. Silva
      Pages 309-347

    6. Body Sensor Networks for Sport, Wellbeing and Health

      • Douglas McIlwraith, Guang-Zhong Yang
      Pages 349-381

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 383-391
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About this book

The idea of this book comes from the observation that sensor networks represent a topic of interest from both theoretical and practical perspectives. The title und- lines that sensor networks offer the unique opportunity of clearly linking theory with practice. In fact, owing to their typical low-cost, academic researchers have the opportunity of implementing sensor network testbeds to check the validity of their theories, algorithms, protocols, etc., in reality. Likewise, a practitioner has the opportunity of understanding what are the principles behind the sensor networks under use and, thus, how to properly tune some accessible network parameters to improve the performance. On the basis of the observations above, the book has been structured in three parts:PartIisdenotedas“Theory,”sincethetopicsofits vechaptersareapparently “detached” from real scenarios; Part II is denoted as “Theory and Practice,” since the topics of its three chapters, altough theoretical, have a clear connection with speci c practical scenarios; Part III is denoted as “Practice,” since the topics of its ve chapters are clearly related to practical applications.

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  • Dipto. Ingegneria dell'Informazione, Università Parma, Parma, Italy

    Gianluigi Ferrari

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