In a realistic sensor network, in particular with a nonuniform deployment, sensor nodes inevitably have varying workloads. This causes a natural problem that some sensor nodes are...
— The idea of the cognitive network, drawn from previous research in cognitive radios and cross-layer design, is an attempt to address issues of complexity and scalability by all...
Ryan W. Thomas, Luiz A. DaSilva, Madhav V. Marathe...
This paper proposes a new application framework for group tour guiding services based on RFIDs and wireless sensor network. We consider a sensing field mixed with multiple indepe...
Po-Yu Chen, Wen Tseun Chen, Cheng Han Wu, Yu-Chee ...
Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) have received considerable attention in recent years and opened up new possibilities for various commercial and industrial applications. A WSN cons...
In this paper we present a protocol for sensor applications that require periodic collection of raw data reports from the entire network in a timely manner. We formulate the probl...