• DocumentCode
    1991311
  • Title

    Wireless sensor networks: Applications and challenges

  • Author

    Alemdar, A. ; Ibnkahla, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Queen´´s Univ., Kingston, ON
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    12-15 Feb. 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    6
  • Abstract
    Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are applied in several multi-disciplinary areas, offering powerful combination of distributed computing, sensing, and communication. At the same time, they pose several challenges, mainly because of their random deployment and non-renewable energy resources. This paper gives an overview of the applications of WSNs and discusses their major challenges with a special focus on signal processing and networking aspects.
  • Keywords
    signal processing; wireless sensor networks; WSN; nonrenewable energy resource; random deployment; signal processing; wireless sensor network; Acoustic sensors; Biomedical signal processing; Biosensors; Chemical and biological sensors; Data acquisition; Distributed computing; Humans; Magnetic sensors; Monitoring; Wireless sensor networks;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Signal Processing and Its Applications, 2007. ISSPA 2007. 9th International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Sharjah
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-0778-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1779-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISSPA.2007.4555630
  • Filename
    4555630