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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Wireless sensor network (WSN) is an ad-hoc network technology comprising even thousands of autonomic and self-organizing nodes that combine environmental sensing, data processing, and wireless networking. The applications for sensor networks range from home and industrial environments to military uses. Unlike the traditional computer networks, a WSN is application-oriented and deployed for a specific task. WSNs are data centric, which means that messages are not send to individual nodes but to geographical locations or regions based on the data content. A WSN node is typically battery powered and characterized by extremely small size and low cost.
As a result, the processing power, memory, and energy resources of an individual sensor node are limited. However, the feasibility of a WSN lies on the collaboration between the nodes. A reference WSN node comprises a Micro-Controller Unit (MCU) having few Million Instructions Per Second (MIPS) processing speed, tens of kilobytes program memory, few kilobytes data memory. In addition, the node contains a short-range radio, and a set of sensors. Supply power is typically obtained with small batteries. Assuming a target lifetime of one year using AA-size batteries, the available power budget is around 1 mW.
This book covers the low-power WSNs services ranging from hardware platforms and communication protocols to network deployment, and sensor data collection and actuation. The implications of resource constraints and expected performance in terms of throughput, reliability and latency are explained. As a case study, this book presents experiments with low-energy TUTWSN technology to illustrate the possibilities and limitations of WSN applications.
Authors and Affiliations
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, Computer Systems, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland
Jukka Suhonen, Ville Kaseva, Timo D. Hämäläinen, Marko Hännikäinen
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Suntrica Ltd., Tampere, Finland
Mikko Kohvakka
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Low-Power Wireless Sensor Networks
Book Subtitle: Protocols, Services and Applications
Authors: Jukka Suhonen, Mikko Kohvakka, Ville Kaseva, Timo D. Hämäläinen, Marko Hännikäinen
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Electrical and Computer Engineering
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-2173-3
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-2172-6Published: 16 January 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-2173-3Published: 14 January 2012
Series ISSN: 2191-8112
Series E-ISSN: 2191-8120
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 83
Number of Illustrations: 32 b/w illustrations