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Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks: Research Challenges
- AD HOC NETWORKS (ELSEVIER
, 2005
"... Underwater sensor nodes will find applications in oceanographic data collection, pollution monitoring, o#shore exploration, disaster prevention, assisted navigation and tactical surveillance applications. Moreover, unmanned or autonomous underwater vehicles (UUVs, AUVs), equipped with sensors, will ..."
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Underwater sensor nodes will find applications in oceanographic data collection, pollution monitoring, o#shore exploration, disaster prevention, assisted navigation and tactical surveillance applications. Moreover, unmanned or autonomous underwater vehicles (UUVs, AUVs), equipped with sensors, will enable the exploration of natural undersea resources and gathering of scientific data in collaborative monitoring missions. Underwater acoustic networking is the enabling technology for these applications. Underwater networks consist of a variable number of sensors and vehicles that are deployed to perform collaborative monitoring tasks over a given area. In this
Wireless sensor networks: A survey on the state of the art and the 802.15.4 and ZigBee standards
, 2007
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On the lifetime of wireless sensor networks
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"... Network lifetime has become the key characteristic for evaluating sensor networks in an application-specific way. Especially the availability of nodes, the sensor coverage, and the connectivity have been included in discussions on network lifetime. Even quality of service measures can be reduced to ..."
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Network lifetime has become the key characteristic for evaluating sensor networks in an application-specific way. Especially the availability of nodes, the sensor coverage, and the connectivity have been included in discussions on network lifetime. Even quality of service measures can be reduced to lifetime considerations. A great number of algorithms and methods were proposed to increase the lifetime of a sensor network—while their evaluations were always based on a particular definition of network lifetime. Motivated by the great differences in existing definitions of sensor network lifetime that are used in relevant publications, we reviewed the state of the art in lifetime definitions, their differences, advantages, and limitations. This survey was the starting point for our work towards a generic definition of sensor network lifetime for use in analytic evaluations as well as in simulation models—focusing on a formal and concise definition of accumulated network lifetime and total network lifetime. Our definition incorporates the components of existing lifetime definitions, and introduces some additional measures. One new concept is the ability to express the service disruption tolerance of a network. Another new concept is the notion of time-integration: in many cases, it is sufficient if a requirement is fulfilled over a certain period of time, instead of at every point in time. In addition, we combine coverage and connectivity to
DFT-MSN: The Delay/Fault-Tolerant Mobile Sensor Network for Pervasive Information Gathering
- INFOCOM 2006
, 2006
"... Abstract — This paper focuses on the Delay/Fault-Tolerant Mobile Sensor Network (DFT-MSN) for pervasive information gathering. We develop simple and efficient data delivery schemes tailored for DFT-MSN, which has several unique characteristics such as sensor mobility, loose connectivity, fault toler ..."
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Abstract — This paper focuses on the Delay/Fault-Tolerant Mobile Sensor Network (DFT-MSN) for pervasive information gathering. We develop simple and efficient data delivery schemes tailored for DFT-MSN, which has several unique characteristics such as sensor mobility, loose connectivity, fault tolerability, delay tolerability, and buffer limit. We first study two basic approaches, namely, direct transmission and flooding. We analyze their performance by using queuing theory and statistics. Based on the analytic results that show the tradeoff between data delivery delay/ratio and transmission overhead, we introduce an optimized flooding scheme that minimizes transmission overhead in flooding. Then, we propose a simple and effective DFT-MSN data delivery scheme, which consists of two key components for data transmission and queue management, respectively. The former makes decision on when and where to transmit data messages based on the delivery probability, which reflects the likelihood that a sensor can deliver data messages to the sink. The latter decides which messages to transmit or drop based on the fault tolerance, which indicates the importance of the messages. The system parameters are carefully tuned on the basis of thorough analyses to optimize network performance. Extensive simulations are carried out for performance evaluation. Our results show that the proposed DFT-MSN data delivery scheme achieves the highest message delivery ratio with acceptable delay and transmission overhead. I.
Routing Algorithms for Delay-insensitive and Delay-sensitive Applications in Underwater Sensor Networks
- In Proc. of ACM Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (MobiCom
, 2006
"... Underwater sensor networks consist of sensors and vehicles deployed to perform collaborative monitoring tasks over a given region. Underwater sensor networks will find applications in oceanographic data collection, pollution monitoring, offshore exploration, disaster prevention, assisted navigation, ..."
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Underwater sensor networks consist of sensors and vehicles deployed to perform collaborative monitoring tasks over a given region. Underwater sensor networks will find applications in oceanographic data collection, pollution monitoring, offshore exploration, disaster prevention, assisted navigation, tactical surveillance, and mine reconnaissance. Underwater acoustic networking is the enabling technology for these applications. In this paper, an architecture for three-dimensional underwater sensor networks is considered, and a model characterizing the acoustic channel utilization efficiency is introduced, which allows investigating some fundamental characteristics of the underwater environment. In particular, the model allows setting the optimal packet size for underwater communications given monitored volume, density of the sensor network, and application requirements. Moreover, the problem of data gathering is investigated at the network layer by considering the cross-layer interactions between the routing functions and the characteristics of the underwater acoustic channel. Two distributed routing algorithms are introduced for delay-insensitive and delaysensitive applications. The proposed solutions allow each node to select its next hop, with the objective of minimizing the energy consumption taking the varying condition of the underwater channel and the different application requirements into account. The proposed routing solutions are shown to achieve the performance targets by means of simulation.
Wirelesshart: Applying wireless technology in realtime industrial process control
- Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium, IEEE
"... Wireless technology has been regarded as a paradigm shifter in the process industry. The first open wireless com-munication standard specifically designed for process mea-surement and control applications, WirelessHART was offi-cially released in September 2007 (as a part of the HART 7 Specification ..."
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Wireless technology has been regarded as a paradigm shifter in the process industry. The first open wireless com-munication standard specifically designed for process mea-surement and control applications, WirelessHART was offi-cially released in September 2007 (as a part of the HART 7 Specification). WirelessHART is a secure and TDMA-based wireless mesh networking technology operating in the 2.4GHz ISM radio band. In this paper, we give an intro-duction to the architecture of WirelessHART and share our first-hand experience in building a prototype for this spec-ification. We describe several challenges we had to tackle during the implementation, such as the design of the timer, network wide synchronization, communication security, re-liable mesh networking, and the central network manager. For each challenge, we provide a detailed analysis and pro-pose our solution. Based on the prototype implementation, a simple WirelessHART network has been built for the pur-pose of demonstration. The demonstration network in turn validates our design. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported effort to build a WirelessHART protocol stack. 1
A Survey of Energy-Efficient Hierarchical Cluster-Based Routing
- in Wireless Sensor Networks‖ Int. J. of Advanced Networking and Applications (2010), VOL: 02, Page: 570-580 www.ijmer.com 489 | Page
"... ----------------------------------------------------------------------ABSTRACT---------------------------------------------------------------Recent technological advances in communications and computation have enabled the development of low-cost, low-power, small in size, and multifunctional sensor ..."
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----------------------------------------------------------------------ABSTRACT---------------------------------------------------------------Recent technological advances in communications and computation have enabled the development of low-cost, low-power, small in size, and multifunctional sensor nodes in a wireless sensor network. Since the radio transmission and reception consumes a lot of energy, one of the important issues in wireless sensor network is the inherent limited battery power within network sensor nodes. Therefore, battery power is crucial parameter in the algorithm design to increase lifespan of nodes in the network. In addition to maximizing the lifespan of sensor nodes, it is preferable to distribute the energy dissipated throughout the wireless sensor network in order to maximize overall network performance. Much research has been done in recent years, investigating different aspects like, low power protocols, network establishments, routing protocol, and coverage problems of wireless sensor networks. There are various routing protocols like location-aided, multi-path, datacentric, mobility-based, QoS based, heterogeneity-based, hierarchical routing, hybrid routing, etc., in which optimal routing can be achieved in the context of energy. In this paper, the focus is mainly driven over the survey of the energy-efficient
A Survey on Wireless Body Area Networks
- WIRELESS NETWORKS
, 2010
"... The increasing use of wireless networks and the constant miniaturization of electrical devices has empowered the development of Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs). In these networks various sensors are attached on clothing or on the body or even implanted under the skin. The wireless nature of the ..."
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The increasing use of wireless networks and the constant miniaturization of electrical devices has empowered the development of Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs). In these networks various sensors are attached on clothing or on the body or even implanted under the skin. The wireless nature of the network and the wide variety of sensors offer numerous new, practical and innovative applications to improve health care and the Quality of Life. The sensors of a WBAN measure for example the heartbeat, the body temperature or record a prolonged electrocardiogram. Using a WBAN, the patient experiences a greater physical mobility and is no longer compelled to stay in the hospital. This paper offers a survey of the concept of Wireless Body Area Networks. First, we focus on some applications with special interest in patient monitoring. Then the communication in a WBAN and its positioning between the different technologies is discussed. An overview of the current research on the physical layer, existing MAC and network protocols is given. Further, cross layer and quality of service is discussed. As WBANs are placed on the human body and often transport private data, security is also considered. An overview of current and past projects is given. Finally, the open research issues and challenges are pointed out.
State-of-the-art in protocol research for underwater acoustic sensor networks
- In Underwater Networks
, 2006
"... In this paper, architectures for two-dimensional and three-dimensional underwater sensor networks are discussed. A detailed overview on the current solutions for medium access control, network, and transport layer protocols are given and open research issues are discussed. Categories and Subject Des ..."
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In this paper, architectures for two-dimensional and three-dimensional underwater sensor networks are discussed. A detailed overview on the current solutions for medium access control, network, and transport layer protocols are given and open research issues are discussed. Categories and Subject Descriptors:
