Wireless Sensor Networks: 5th European Conference, EWSN 2008, Bologna, Italy, January 30-February 1, 2008. Proceedings

Habib M. Ammari, Sajal K. Das (auth.), Roberto Verdone (eds.)3540776893, 9783540776895

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th European Workshop on Wireless Sensor Networks, EWSN 2008, held in Bologna, Italy, in January/February 2008.

The 23 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 110 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on localization, detection of space/time correlated events, network coding, ZigBee, topology, software, as well as deployment and application development.

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Table of contents :
Front Matter….Pages –
Clustering-Based Minimum Energy Wireless m -Connected k -Covered Sensor Networks….Pages 1-16
Activity Recognition from On-Body Sensors: Accuracy-Power Trade-Off by Dynamic Sensor Selection….Pages 17-33
Predictive Modeling-Based Data Collection in Wireless Sensor Networks….Pages 34-51
Distributed Inference for Network Localization Using Radio Interferometric Ranging….Pages 52-73
Speed, Reliability and Energy Efficiency of HashSlot Communication in WSN Based Localization Systems….Pages 74-89
Spatiotemporal Anomaly Detection in Gas Monitoring Sensor Networks….Pages 90-105
Discovery of Frequent Distributed Event Patterns in Sensor Networks….Pages 106-124
Tracking Dynamic Boundary Fronts Using Range Sensors….Pages 125-140
Network-Coding-Based Cooperative Transmission in Wireless Sensor Networks: Diversity-Multiplexing Tradeoff and Coverage Area Extension….Pages 141-155
Resilient Coding Algorithms for Sensor Network Data Persistence….Pages 156-170
Radio Characterization of 802.15.4 and Its Impact on the Design of Mobile Sensor Networks….Pages 171-188
Analysis of Audio Streaming Capability of Zigbee Networks….Pages 189-204
Efficient Resource Estimation During Mass Casualty Emergency Response Based on a Location Aware Disaster Aid Network….Pages 205-220
Efficient Clustering for Improving Network Performance in Wireless Sensor Networks….Pages 221-236
Lifetime Maximization in Wireless Sensor Networks by Distributed Binary Search….Pages 237-252
An Algorithm for Reconnecting Wireless Sensor Network Partitions….Pages 253-267
Typhoon: A Reliable Data Dissemination Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks….Pages 268-285
FiGaRo: Fine-Grained Software Reconfiguration for Wireless Sensor Networks….Pages 286-304
NanoECC: Testing the Limits of Elliptic Curve Cryptography in Sensor Networks….Pages 305-320
Characterizing Mote Performance: A Vector-Based Methodology….Pages 321-336
Que: A Sensor Network Rapid Prototyping Tool with Application Experiences from a Data Center Deployment….Pages 337-353
Device Driver Abstraction for Multithreaded Sensor Network Operating Systems….Pages 354-368
A Component Framework for Content-Based Publish/Subscribe in Sensor Networks….Pages 369-385
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