A survey on sensor networks

IEEE Communications Magazine - Tập 40 Số 8 - Trang 102-114 - 2002
I.F. Akyildiz1, Weilian Su1, Y. Sankarasubramaniam1, E. Cayirci1
1Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Tóm tắt

The advancement in wireless communications and electronics has enabled the development of low-cost sensor networks. The sensor networks can be used for various application areas (e.g., health, military, home). For different application areas, there are different technical issues that researchers are currently resolving. The current state of the art of sensor networks is captured in this article, where solutions are discussed under their related protocol stack layer sections. This article also points out the open research issues and intends to spark new interests and developments in this field.

Từ khóa

#Sensor phenomena and characterization #Capacitive sensors #Wireless sensor networks #Military computing #Intelligent sensors #Protocols #Patient monitoring #Ad hoc networks #Wireless communication #Military communication

Tài liệu tham khảo

10.1109/VETEC.1999.778120 10.1145/383082.383151 10.1109/ICC.1998.683110 10.1109/98.878532 10.1109/54.914626 10.1145/313451.313529 10.1109/HICSS.2000.926982 10.1109/49.779917 10.1109/ICC.2001.936317 10.1002/net.3230180406 10.1109/2.869369 bulusu, 2001, scalable coordination for wireless sensor networks: self-configuring localization systems, ISCTA 2001 10.1145/332833.332838 10.1145/345910.345920 10.1145/381677.381703 10.1145/313451.313558 10.1109/CCA.2000.897468 10.1109/98.944004 10.1145/381677.381699 su, 2002, a stream enabled routing (ser) protocol for sensor networks, Med-hoc-Net 2002