Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks: enabling technologies, information processing and protocol design

When choosing the technology options to develop a wireless sensor network (WSN), it is vital that their performance levels can be assessed for the type of application intended. This book describes the different technology options \u2013 MAC protocols, routing protocols, localisation and data fusion techniques \u2013 and provides the means to numerically measure their performance, whether by simulation, mathematical models or experimental test beds. Case studies, based on the authors\u2019 direct experience of implementing wireless sensor networks, describe the design methodology and the type of measurements used, together with samples of the performance measurements attained. The book will enable you to answer vital questions such as: \u2022 How long will my network remain alive given the amount of sensing required of it? \u2022 For how long should I set the sleeping state of my motes? \u2022 How many sensors should I distribute to meet the expected requirements of the application? \u2022 What type of throughput should I expect as a function of the number of nodes deployed and the radio interface chosen (whether it be Bluetooth or Zigbee)? \u2022 How is the Packet Error Rate of my Zigbee motes affected by the selection of adjacent frequency sub bands in the ISM 2.4GHz band? \u2022 How is the localisation precision dependant on the number of nodes deployed in a corridor? Communications and signal processing engineers, researchers and graduate students working in wireless sensor networks will find this book an invaluable practical guide to this important technology