Title :
Sensor networks: an overview
Author :
Tubaishat, Malik ; Madria, Sanjay
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Missouri Univ., Rolla, MO, USA
Abstract :
Advances in hardware and wireless network technologies have created low-cost, low-power, multifunctional miniature sensor devices. These devices make up hundreds or thousands of ad hoc tiny sensor nodes spread across a geographical area. These sensor nodes collaborate among themselves to establish a sensing network. A sensor network can provide access to information anytime, anywhere by collecting, processing, analyzing and disseminating data. Thus, the network actively participates in creating a smart environment.
Keywords :
ad hoc networks; land mobile radio; sensors; MANET; ad hoc sensor nodes; data dissemination; geographical area; hierarchical sensor network; low-cost sensor devices; low-power sensor devices; mobile ad-hoc networks; multifunctional miniature sensor devices; sensing network; sensor networks; wireless network technologies; Acoustic sensors; Aggregates; Batteries; Broadcasting; Capacitive sensors; Mobile ad hoc networks; Network topology; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Sensor systems; Wireless sensor networks;
Journal_Title :
Potentials, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MP.2003.1197877
