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DCOSS
2008
Springer
13 years 6 months ago
Time Synchronization in Heterogeneous Sensor Networks
Heterogeneous sensor networks consisting of resource-constrained nodes as well as resource-intensive nodes equipped with high-bandwidth sensors offer significant advantages for dev...
Isaac Amundson, Branislav Kusy, Péter V&oum...
DCOSS
2008
Springer
13 years 6 months ago
On the Urban Connectivity of Vehicular Sensor Networks
Abstract. Aiming at a realistic mobile connectivity model for vehicular sensor networks in urban environments, we propose the combination of large-scale traffic simulation and comp...
Hugo Conceição, Michel Ferreira, Jo&...
DCOSS
2008
Springer
13 years 6 months ago
An Information Theoretic Framework for Field Monitoring Using Autonomously Mobile Sensors
We consider a mobile sensor network monitoring a spatio-temporal field. Given limited caches at the sensor nodes, the goal is to develop a distributed cache management algorithm to...
Hany Morcos, George Atia, Azer Bestavros, Ibrahim ...
DCOSS
2008
Springer
13 years 6 months ago
Techniques for Improving Opportunistic Sensor Networking Performance
Abstract. A number of recently proposed mobile sensor network architectures rely on uncontrolled, or weakly-controlled mobility to achieve sensing coverage over time at low cost, a...
Shane B. Eisenman, Nicholas D. Lane, Andrew T. Cam...
DCOSS
2008
Springer
13 years 6 months ago
LiveNet: Using Passive Monitoring to Reconstruct Sensor Network Dynamics
We describe LiveNet, a set of tools and analysis methods for reconstructing the complex behavior of a deployed sensor network. LiveNet is based on the use of multiple passive packe...
Bor-rong Chen, Geoffrey Peterson, Geoffrey Mainlan...
DCOSS
2008
Springer
13 years 6 months ago
Distributed Activity Recognition with Fuzzy-Enabled Wireless Sensor Networks
Wireless sensor nodes can act as distributed detectors for recognizing activities online, with the final goal of assisting the users in their working environment. We propose an act...
Mihai Marin-Perianu, Clemens Lombriser, Oliver Amf...
DCOSS
2008
Springer
13 years 6 months ago
Local PTAS for Independent Set and Vertex Cover in Location Aware Unit Disk Graphs
We present the first local approximation schemes for maximum independent set and minimum vertex cover in unit disk graphs. In the graph model we assume that each node knows its geo...
Andreas Wiese, Evangelos Kranakis
DCOSS
2008
Springer
13 years 6 months ago
Performance of a Propagation Delay Tolerant ALOHA Protocol for Underwater Wireless Networks
We analyze a propagation delay tolerant ALOHA (PDT-ALOHA) protocol proposed recently for underwater networks [16]. In this scheme, guard-bands are introduced at each slot to reduc...
Joon Ahn, Bhaskar Krishnamachari
DCOSS
2008
Springer
13 years 6 months ago
Energy-Efficient Task Mapping for Data-Driven Sensor Network Macroprogramming
Data-driven macroprogramming of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) provides an easy to use high-level task graph representation to the application developer. However, determining an e...
Animesh Pathak, Viktor K. Prasanna
DCOSS
2008
Springer
13 years 6 months ago
FIT: A Flexible, LIght-Weight, and Real-Time Scheduling System for Wireless Sensor Platforms
Abstract. We propose FIT, a flexible, light-weight and real-time scheduling system for wireless sensor platforms. There are three salient features of FIT. First, its two-tier hiera...
Wei Dong, Chun Chen, Xue Liu, Kougen Zheng, Rui Ch...