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Record Nr.

UNINA9910878096103321

Autore

Sohraby Kazem

Titolo

Wireless sensor networks : technology, protocols, and applications / / Kazem Sohraby, Daniel Minoli, Taieb Znati

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Interscience, c2007

ISBN

1-280-82677-0

9786610826773

1-61344-508-3

0-470-11276-X

0-470-11275-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (325 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MinoliDaniel <1952->

ZnatiTaieb F

Disciplina

681/.2

Soggetti

Sensor networks

Wireless LANs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction and overview of wireless sensor networks -- Applications of wireless sensor networks -- Basic wireless sensor technology -- Wireless transmission technology and systems -- Medium access control protocols for wireless sensor networks -- Routing protocols for wireless sensor networks -- Transport control protocols for wireless sensor networks -- Middleware for wireless sensor networks -- Network management for wireless sensor networks -- Operating systems for wireless sensor networks -- Performance and traffic management.

Sommario/riassunto

Infrastructure for Homeland Security EnvironmentsWireless Sensor Networks helps readers discover the emerging field of low-cost standards-based sensors that promise a high order of spatial and temporal resolution and accuracy in an ever-increasing universe of applications. It shares the latest advances in science and engineering paving the way towards a large plethora of new applications in such areas as infrastructure protection and security, healthcare, energy, food safety, RFID, ZigBee, and processing.Unlike other books on wireless



sensor networks that focus on limited topic