The target readers of this book include the researchers in computer science,
computer engineering, and applied mathematics, as well as students in
these subjects. Specialists as well as general readers will find the articles stimulating
and helpful.
Book Organization
The book is organized into five sections. Section I introduces the design
and modelling of sensor networks. Chapter 1, by Iyer, Kulkarni, Mhatre, and
Rosenberg, presents a taxonomy of wireless sensor networks, based on their
application level objectives, tra?±c characteristics and data delivery requirements.
Popa and Lewis in Chapter 2 describe some algorithms for systematic
exploration of unknown environments using a mobile wireless sensor network.
In Chapter 3, Tan illustrates a distributed graph model for dynamic coverage
in a mobile sensor network.
Section II presents some network management techniques. In Chapter 4,
Humos, Cardei, Alhalabi, and Hsu address the Medium Access Control protocols
in wireless sensor networks. Wang presents in Chapter 5 an overview of
various techniques for topology control protocols in wireless sensor networks.
Chapter 6 by Liu, Sang and Sinha discusses some recent techniques for detecting
boundaries in sensor networks. In Chapter 7, a time-based localization
scheme which uses only short-range beacons is presented by Liu, Cheng, Hua,
and Chen. Chapter 8 by Schurgers covers three distinct classes of wake-up
solutions.
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