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JNW
2008
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Probabilistic Key Management Practical Concerns in Wireless Sensor Networks
The subject of Key Management in Wireless Sensor Networks has gained increased attention from the security community around the world in the last years. Several proposals were made...
Rui Miguel Soares Silva, Nuno Sidónio A. Pe...
CORR
2007
Springer
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Dependable k-coverage algorithms for sensor networks
– Redundant sensing capabilities are often required in sensor network applications due to various reasons, e.g. robustness, fault tolerance, or increased accuracy. At the same ti...
Simon Gyula, Miklós Molnár, Lá...
CORR
2007
Springer
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Power-Efficient Direct-Voting Assurance for Data Fusion in Wireless Sensor Networks
—Wireless sensor networks place sensors into an area to collect data and send them back to a base station. Data fusion, in which collected data are fused before they are sent to ...
Hung-Ta Pai, Yunghsiang S. Han
INFFUS
2006
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Distributed detection in a large wireless sensor network
A distributed detection and decision fusion scheme is proposed for a wireless sensor network (WSN) consisting of a large number of sensors. At the fusion center, the total number ...
Ruixin Niu, Pramod K. Varshney, Qi Cheng
IJWMC
2006
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A distributed clustering method for energy-efficient data gathering in sensor networks
: Since sensor nodes operate on batteries, energy-efficient mechanisms for gathering sensor data are indispensable in prolonging the lifetime of a sensor network as long as possibl...
Junpei Kamimura, Naoki Wakamiya, Masayuki Murata
IJSNET
2006
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Improving network lifetime using sensors with adjustable sensing ranges
Abstract: This paper addresses the target coverage problem in wireless sensor networks with adjustable sensing range. Communication and sensing consume energy, therefore efficient ...
Mihaela Cardei, Jie Wu, Mingming Lu
IVC
2008
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Log-polar mapping template design: From task-level requirements to geometry parameters
The best parameters defining the geometry of a visual sensor generally depend on the particular visual task the sensor is intended to be used in. However, translating task require...
V. Javier Traver, Filiberto Pla
ITIIS
2008
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An Asymmetric Key-Based Security Architecture for Wireless Sensor Networks
In spite of previous common assumptions about the incompatibility of public key cryptography (PKC) schemes with wireless sensor networks (WSNs), recent works have shown that they ...
Md. Mokammel Haque, Al-Sakib Khan Pathan, Choong S...
COMCOM
2007
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Guaranteeing the network lifetime in wireless sensor networks: A MAC layer approach
Energy is the most crucial but scarce resource in wireless sensor networks (WSNs). A wealth of MAC protocols are proposed only to prolong the network lifetime for energy-efficienc...
Yongsub Nam, Taekyoung Kwon, Hojin Lee, Hakyung Ju...
COMCOM
2007
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Sensor replacement using mobile robots
Sensor replacement is important for sensor networks to provide continuous sensing services. Upon sensor node failures, holes (uncovered areas) may appear in the sensing coverage. ...
Yongguo Mei, Changjiu Xian, Saumitra M. Das, Y. Ch...