Ammari Habib M. (ed) The Art Of Wireless Sensor Networks. Volume 1: Fundamentals

Springer, 2014. — 830 p.This first volume in ‘‘The Art of Wireless Sensor Networks’’ series focuses on the ‘‘Fundamentals’’ behind wireless sensor networks, covering both the challenges and advances in networking and communications for these resource-constrained networks as well as the data management issues associated with the large volumes of sensor data produced by the individual and collective sensors. Wireless sensor networks continue to provide an important contribution to our information infrastructure, supporting a wide variety of industrial, medical, agricultural, research, and military applications. This book provides timely information for those desiring to understand some of the fundamental issues that make wireless sensor networks unique and challenging compared to more traditional wireless networks as well as proposed solutions to advance the use of sensor networks in theory and in practice. This volume will be an invaluable resource to those just beginning to explore this field as well as to those wanting to delve deeper into the issues involved in the design and implementation of this important class of networks.