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CIA
2007
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
Managing Sensors and Information Sources Using Semantic Matchmaking and Argumentation
Abstract. Effective deployment and utilisation of limited and constrained intelligence resources — including sensors and other sources — is seen as a key issue in modern multin...
Alun D. Preece
VTC
2007
IEEE
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Fault-Tolerant and Load Balancing Localization of Services in Wireless Sensor Networks
— Heterogeneous wireless sensor networks are made up of different kinds of nodes. Some nodes, the sensors, are used as an interface to the physical environment. Other nodes act i...
Francesco Nidito, Michele Battelli, Stefano Basagn...
SSDBM
2007
IEEE
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Reliable Hierarchical Data Storage in Sensor Networks
The ability to provide reliable in-network storage while balancing the energy consumption of individual sensors is a primary concern when deploying a sensor network. The main conc...
Song Lin, Benjamin Arai, Dimitrios Gunopulos
SECON
2007
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
Coverage Problem for Sensors Embedded in Temperature Sensitive Environments
— The coverage and connectivity problem in sensor networks has received significant attention of the research community in the recent years. In this paper, we study this problem...
Arunabha Sen, Nibedita Das, Ling Zhou, Bao Hong Sh...
SECON
2007
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
Feasibility of In-car Wireless Sensor Networks: A Statistical Evaluation
— Statistical characterization of in-car wireless communication channels has recently gained significance, mainly due to the possibility of deploying a wireless sensor network i...
Hsin-Mu Tsai, Wantanee Viriyasitavat, Ozan K. Tong...
SECON
2007
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
On the Prevalence of Sensor Faults in Real-World Deployments
—Various sensor network measurement studies have reported instances of transient faults in sensor readings. In this work, we seek to answer a simple question: How often are such ...
Abhishek Sharma, Leana Golubchik, Ramesh Govindan
RTSS
2007
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
Sea Depth Measurement with Restricted Floating Sensors
Sea depth monitoring is a critical task to ensure the safe operation of harbors. Traditional schemes largely rely on labor-intensive work and expensive hardware. This study explor...
Zheng Yang, Mo Li, Yunhao Liu
ROBOCOMM
2007
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
Information-theoretic integration of sensing and communication for active robot networks
Abstract—This paper presents an information-theoretic approach to sensor placement that incorporates communication capacity into an optimal formulation. A new formulation is pres...
Eric W. Frew
MUE
2007
IEEE
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Building Scalable and Robust Architecture for Ubiquitous Sensor Networks with the help of Design Patterns
Design patterns address a recurring design problem for a specific situation, and present a solution. Design patterns have proven useful in many engineering disciplines such as Sof...
Syed Obaid Amin, Muhammad Shoaib Siddiqui, Choong ...
MOBIQUITOUS
2007
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
Anonymous Data Collection in Sensor Networks
—Sensor networks involving human participants will require privacy protection before wide deployment is feasible. This paper proposes and evaluates a set of protocols that enable...
James Horey, Michael M. Groat, Stephanie Forrest, ...