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Wireless Sensors in Heterogeneous Networked Systems

Configuration and Operation Middleware

  • Describes how to provide interoperability between wireless sensor networks and enterprise systems
  • Explains how to design a wireless sensor network with heterogeneous components
  • Highlights the advantages of using wireless sensor networks as a complement or extension to wired networks
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Computer Communications and Networks (CCN)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
  2. Introduction

    • José Cecílio, Pedro Furtado
    Pages 1-3
  3. Wireless Sensor Networks: Concepts and Components

    • José Cecílio, Pedro Furtado
    Pages 5-25
  4. Application Scenarios

    • José Cecílio, Pedro Furtado
    Pages 27-37
  5. Existing Middleware Solutions for Wireless Sensor Networks

    • José Cecílio, Pedro Furtado
    Pages 39-59
  6. Middleware Mechanisms for Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Networks

    • José Cecílio, Pedro Furtado
    Pages 61-76
  7. Middleware Implementation Details: A Case Study

    • José Cecílio, Pedro Furtado
    Pages 77-87
  8. Programming Paradigms and Stream Processing for WSN

    • José Cecílio, Pedro Furtado
    Pages 89-106
  9. Back Matter

    Pages 127-143

About this book

This book presents an examination of the middleware that can be used to configure and operate heterogeneous node platforms and sensor networks. The middleware requirements for a range of application scenarios are compared and analysed. The text then defines middleware architecture that has been integrated in an approach demonstrated live in a refinery. Features: presents a thorough introduction to the major concepts behind wireless sensor networks (WSNs); reviews the various application scenarios and existing middleware solutions for WSNs; discusses the middleware mechanisms necessary for heterogeneous WSNs; provides a detailed examination of platform-agnostic middleware architecture, including important implementation details; investigates the programming paradigms for WSNs, and for heterogeneous sensor networks in general; describes the results of extensive experimentation and testing, demonstrating that the generic architecture is viable for implementation on multiple platforms.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Coimbra, Portugal

    José Cecílio, Pedro Furtado

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Softcover Book USD 54.99
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