Self-configuring wireless sensor networks can be invaluable in many civil and military applications for collecting, processing, and disseminating wide ranges of complex environmental data. Because of this, they have attracted considerable research attention in the last few years. The WINS [1] and SmartDust [2] projects, for instance, aim to integrate sensing, computing, and wireless communicati...

It is observed that pulsed discharge currents allow to drain the battery with a higher specific power. Thus they improve the batteries durability and discharge performance. The question is how can the allowed discharge of a battery be modeled. Embedded real-time systems often rely on batteries. For these systems it is necessary to prove both, real-time feasibility and the constraint to not exce...

Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) is a very challenging task due to the large number of nodes, their mobility and lack of proper infrastructure. Since the sensors are battery powered devices, energy efficiency is considered as one of the main factors in designing routing protocols in WSNs. Most of energy-aware routing protocols are mere energy savers that attempt to decrease the energy...

Building automation is the key to exploiting flexibilities in building operation with regard to integration of renewable energy sources, load shifting and general optimization for energy efficiency. Based on thermal and electric models of building physics and the energy producers and consumers in the building it is possible to assess the current state of the building and its systems and make pr...