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RSS sensor nodesGeometric Broadcast Protocol for Heterogeneous Sensor Networks
White Paper This paper presents Geometric Broadcast for Heterogeneous Sensor Networks (GBS), a novel broad-casting protocol for heterogeneous wireless sensor and actor networks. Therefore, reducing the energy consumption by optimizing broadcasting is a major... [09 Aug 2008]
On Handling QoS Traffic in Wireless Sensor Networks
White Paper Many new routing and MAC layer protocols have been proposed for wireless sensor networks tackling the issues raised by the resource constrained unattended sensor nodes in large-scale deployments. Transmission of data in such cases requires both... [18 Jul 2008]
Energy Characterization of the Stargate Sensor Network Gateway
White Paper This paper presents a new energy estimation model for sensor network intermediate nodes (i.e.the Crossbow XScale Stargate). Such devices are battery powered and resource constrained and commonly employed as communication, processing, and gateway... [11 Jul 2008]
Full System Energy Estimation for Sensor Network Gateways
White Paper This paper presents a new energy estimation model for sensor network intermediate gateway nodes (i.e. Such devices are battery powered and resource constrained and commonly employed as communication, processing, and gateway elements within sensor... [11 Jul 2008]
On the Scalability and Capacity of Planar Wireless Networks With Omnidirectional Antennas
White Paper Scalability of wireless networks has been an important research topic in the recent years, because of the growing demand to support a large number of nodes in certain types of wireless networks such as sensor networks, which can potentially... [11 Jul 2008]
Performance and Scalability of Self-Organizing Hierarchical Ad Hoc Wireless Networks
White Paper The results for an example sensor network scenario show significant capacity increases with the hierarchical architecture for both DSR and AODV cases. This paper presents the results of a simulation study of performance and throughput capacity of a... [11 Jul 2008]
Intelligent Routing and Bandwidth Allocation in Wireless Networks
White Paper Sensor networks and satellite constellations face a number of challenges for reliable and robust communications. Increasingly heterogeneous nodes and a multitude of new emerging Earth science applications put additional restrictions on throughput... [11 Jul 2008]
Landmark Selection and Greedy Landmark-Descent Routing for Sensor Networks
White Paper This paper study the problem of landmark selection for landmark-based routing in a network of fixed wireless communication nodes. It present a distributed landmark selection algorithm that does not rely on global clock synchronization, and a... [11 Jul 2008]
Arbutus: Network-Layer Load Balancing for Wireless Sensor Networks
White Paper The hot spot problem is a typical byproduct of the many-to-one traffic pattern that characterizes most wireless sensor networks: the nodes with the best channel to the sink are overloaded with traffic from the rest of the network and experience a... [10 Jul 2008]
An Overview of EtherNet/IP: An Application Layer Protocol for Industrial Automation
White Paper Building on these widely used protocol suites Ethernet/IP for the first time provides a seamless integrated system from the sensor-actuator network to the controller and enterprise networks. Ethernet/IP classifies Ethernet nodes as predefined... [10 Jul 2008]
SPANIDS: A Scalable Network Intrusion Detection Loadbalancer
White Paper The SPANIDS parallel NIDS architecture overcomes this limitation by distributing network traffic load over an array of sensor nodes. It also uses dynamic feedback from the sensor nodes to adapt to changes in network traffic. [09 Jul 2008]
Ethernet Network-Based DAQ and Smart Sensors for the OPERA Long-Baseline Neutrino Experiment
White Paper The expected data rate allows the use of an Ethernet capable device close to the sensor. The basic idea is to build a distributed acquisition system on Ethernet, made of about 1000 nodes of 64 channel front-end modules. [08 Jul 2008]
Comparison of LIN and TTP/A
White Paper This paper compares two novel field-bus protocols for low-cost single-chip smart sensor and actuator nodes, LIN and TTP/A. LIN provides the basic services needed for real-time communication, the TTP/A standard additionally specifies an interface... [03 Jul 2008]
Using Existing Infrastructure as Proxy Support for Sensor Networks
White Paper The proposed topology is asymmetric in its communication, i.e.the proxy can reach its sensor nodes in one hop but there is no guarantee that the sensor nodes reach the proxy directly. Too handle sensor nodes with different demands and to save... [03 Jul 2008]
Convex Position Estimation in Wireless Sensor Networks
White Paper The maturing of integrated circuitry, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and communication theory has fomented the emergence of wireless sensor networks and precipitated the economic and computational feasibility of networks of hundreds or... [03 Jul 2008]
