Sensor and actuator networks - Vineyard computing: sensor networks in agricultural production

Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks

Nowadays developments in Wireless Sensor and Actuators Networks (WSAN) applications are determined by the fulfillment of constraints imposed by the application. For this reason, in this work a characterization of WSAN applications in health, environmental, agricultural and industrial sectors are presented. A case study for detecting heart arrhythmias in non-critical patients during rehabilitati...

Coverage Quality in Visual Sensor Networks

Service-Oriented Sensor-Actuator Networks

ion Type of Application Off-Network In-Network Services Awareness Optimization Optimization [34] Node services In-network No No √ [94] Jini Services Off-network No √ No [50] Web services Off-network No No No [118] Web services Off-network √ √ No [95] Node services In-network No No No [26] Node Web services In-network √ No No [38] Web services Off-network No No No [48] .NET components Off-networ...

Coordination in Sensor, Actuator and Robot Networks

This chapter surveys the existing representative work in both sensor-actuator and actuator-actuator coordination. Sensor-actuator coordination deals with establishing data paths between sensors and actuators, and can be used for sensor deployment. Actuatoractuator coordination includes robot coordination for sensor placement, dynamic task allocation, selecting best robot to respond to reported ...

Energy Conservation in Sensor and Sensor-Actuator Networks

Recent technological advances have enabled the development of low-cost, low-power, and multifunctional sensor devices. Large collections of these devices organized in multihop sensor networks have the potential to revolutionize the way humans can “sense” the physical world. Owing to their theoretical challenges and myriads of practical applications, wireless sensor networks are emerging as one ...