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Wireless sensor networks: a survey
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The concept of sensor networks which has been made viable by the convergence of micro-electro-mechanical systems technology, wireless communications and digital electronics is described.About:
This article is published in Computer Networks.The article was published on 2002-03-15. It has received 17936 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Key distribution in wireless sensor networks & Wireless sensor network.read more
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Application of wireless sensor networks to aircraft control and health management systems
TL;DR: This paper discusses the application of WSN for several aircraft systems such as distributed aircraft engine control, aircraft flight control, Aircraft engine and structural health monitoring systems, and a brief description of each system is presented.
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A new authentication protocol for healthcare applications using wireless medical sensor networks with user anonymity
TL;DR: A new user anonymous authentication protocol based on WMSNs is designed so as to remove the drawbacks of the protocol of He et al. and enhances the security and also keeps the computation efficiency.
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Prolonging the Lifetime of Wireless Sensor Networks: A Review of Current Techniques
Felicia Engmann,Ferdinand Apietu Katsriku,Jamal-Deen Abdulai,Kofi Sarpong Adu-Manu,Frank Kataka Banaseka +4 more
TL;DR: The current review presents the state of the art in the energy management schemes, the remaining challenges, and the open issues for future research work in wireless sensor networks.
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Comparison of Clustering Algorithms and Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks
Liliana Arboleda,Nidal Nasser +1 more
TL;DR: This paper studies some basic concepts related to the clustering process in WSN and presents a comparison survey between different clustering protocols.
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Ant colony optimization with greedy migration mechanism for node deployment in wireless sensor networks
Xuxun Liu,Desi He +1 more
TL;DR: This paper considers the problem of grid-based coverage with low-cost and connectivity-guarantee (GCLC) with a novel deployment approach, ACO-Greedy, based on the ant colony optimization with greedy migration mechanism, which can quickly complete the full coverage, and markedly decrease the deployment cost.
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Wireless Communications: Principles and Practice
TL;DR: WireWireless Communications: Principles and Practice, Second Edition is the definitive modern text for wireless communications technology and system design as discussed by the authors, which covers the fundamental issues impacting all wireless networks and reviews virtually every important new wireless standard and technological development, offering especially comprehensive coverage of the 3G systems and wireless local area networks (WLANs).
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Energy-efficient communication protocol for wireless microsensor networks
TL;DR: The Low-Energy Adaptive Clustering Hierarchy (LEACH) as mentioned in this paper is a clustering-based protocol that utilizes randomized rotation of local cluster based station (cluster-heads) to evenly distribute the energy load among the sensors in the network.
Energy-efficient communication protocols for wireless microsensor networks
TL;DR: LEACH (Low-Energy Adaptive Clustering Hierarchy), a clustering-based protocol that utilizes randomized rotation of local cluster based station (cluster-heads) to evenly distribute the energy load among the sensors in the network, is proposed.
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Directed diffusion: a scalable and robust communication paradigm for sensor networks
TL;DR: This paper explores and evaluates the use of directed diffusion for a simple remote-surveillance sensor network and its implications for sensing, communication and computation.
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The Cricket location-support system
TL;DR: The randomized algorithm used by beacons to transmit information, the use of concurrent radio and ultrasonic signals to infer distance, the listener inference algorithms to overcome multipath and interference, and practical beacon configuration and positioning techniques that improve accuracy are described.