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IJSNET
2006
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RL-MAC: a reinforcement learning based MAC protocol for wireless sensor networks
:This paper introduces RL-MAC, a novel adaptive MediaAccess Control (MAC) protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) that employs a reinforcement learning framework. Existing sche...
Zhenzhen Liu, Itamar Elhanany
IJSNET
2006
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TTS: a two-tiered scheduling mechanism for energy conservation in wireless sensor networks
: In this paper, we present a two-tiered scheduling approach for effective energy conservation in wireless sensor networks. The effectiveness of this mechanism relies on dynamicall...
Nurcan Tezcan, Wenye Wang
IJSNET
2006
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In-network aggregation trade-offs for data collection in wireless sensor networks
This paper explores in-network aggregation as a power-efficient mechanism for collecting data in wireless sensor networks. In particular, we focus on sensor network scenarios wher...
Ignacio Solis, Katia Obraczka
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
IJSN
2006
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Load-balanced key establishment methodologies in wireless sensor networks
: Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) pose a need for dynamically establishing a secret key joint to a group of nodes. Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) has emerged as a suitable public...
Ortal Arazi, Hairong Qi
IJSN
2006
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Limiting DoS attacks during multihop data delivery in wireless sensor networks
: Denial of Service (DoS) attacks can be easily launched in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). Due to their resource constraints, namely limited energy, memory and bandwidth, WSNs ar...
Jing Deng, Richard Han, Shivakant Mishra
COMCOM
2007
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A survey of key management schemes in wireless sensor networks
Wireless sensor networks have many applications, vary in size, and are deployed in a wide variety of areas. They are often deployed in potentially adverse or even hostile environm...
Yang Xiao, Venkata Krishna Rayi, Bo Sun, Xiaojiang...
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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Mobile object tracking in wireless sensor networks
— Wireless sensor network is an emerging technology that enables remote monitoring objects and environment. This paper proposes a protocol to track a mobile object in a sensor ne...
Hua-Wen Tsai, Chih-Ping Chu, Tzung-Shi Chen
COMCOM
2007
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Wireless sensor networks: A survey on the state of the art and the 802.15.4 and ZigBee standards
: Wireless sensor networks are an emerging technology for low-cost, unattended monitoring of a wide range of environments, and their importance has been enforced by the recent deli...
Paolo Baronti, Prashant Pillai, Vince W. C. Chook,...