Wireless Sensor Networks

Solutions and Market Opportunities

Publication Date	May 2008
Publisher	Mind Commerce
Product Type	Report
Pages	80
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	MIC00024

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Summary

Advances in wireless networking, micro-fabrication and integration (for example, sensors and actuators manufactured using micro-electro mechanical system technology, or MEMS), and embedded microprocessors have enabled a new generation of massive-scale sensor networks suitable for a range of commercial and military applications. The technology promises to revolutionize the way we live, work, and interact with the physical environment.

In the not-too-distant future, tiny, dirt-cheap sensors may be literally sprayed on to roads, walls, or machines, creating a digital skin that senses a variety of physical phenomena of interest; monitor pedestrian or vehicular traffic in human-aware environments and intelligent transportation grids, report wild life habitat conditions for environmental conservation, detect forest fire to aid rapid emergency response, and track job and supply chains in smart factories. Unlike current in formation services such as those on the Internet where information can easily get stale or be useless because it is too generic, sensor networks promise to couple end users directly to sensor measurements and provide information that is precisely localized in time and/or space, according to the users needs or demands.

Wireless Sensor Networks: Solutions and Market Opportunities address the important areas of the sensor networks are addressed and focusing on the present and the future areas will be presented to the reader to give a clear idea of what the sensor network is capable of. The current trends and the future prospects will be highlighted as well to make this report unique targeted towards a better understanding of sensor networks.

Target Audience

Anyone seeking an understanding of how to leverage Wireless Sensor Networks
Wireless service providers including cellular mobile network operators and others
Investors in the area of sensing, telemetry, remote monitoring and control
Wireless component vendors and OEM manufacturers
Application developers and systems integrators
Wireless application and content providers

Content

Section - I
- Introduction
Section - II: Communications Evolution and Sensor Networks
- Evolution of Wireless Communication Networks
Section -III: Deployment Issues and Challenges
- Challenges in Wireless Sensor Networks:
- Wireless Sensor Network Architecture
- Hierarchical Clustering
- Location Awareness
- Attribute-based Naming
- Self Configuration Techniques
- Data Gathering Procedures in Wireless Sensor Networks
Section - IV: Wireless Sensor Network Synchronization
- Synchronization Factors in Wireless Sensor Networks
- Synchronization Methodologies
- Mobile and Static Node Scenarios
- Connection oriented and Connectionless Protocols
- Real-Life Implementation Issues of Wireless Sensor Networks
- The Partitioning Decision
- Natural and Artificial Interferences
- Accuracy Factors
- Power Consumption Issues
- Wireless Sensor Networks in the Real World
- Hardware
- Environment
- Tools
- Simulators
Section - VI: Current Areas of Implementation
- Current Areas for Wireless Sensor Network Usage
- Monitoring
- Tracking
- Transportation
- Communications
Section - VII: Wireless Sensor Networks and Healthcare
- Healthcare and Wireless Sensor Networks
- Sensor Networks in Monitoring Patents and Elderly people
- Technical Bottlenecks and Challenges
- Improved Sensor Design
- Biocompatibility
- Energy Supply and Demand
Section - VIII: Wireless Sensor Networks and Smart Homes
- Sensor Network and Smart Home
- Smart Home Basic Components
- Smart Home Standards
- X10
- Limitations of the standard
- Cost Estimation of the Available Technologies
- Budgeting and comparing device cost
Section - IX: QoS Issues for Wireless Sensor Networks
- Quality of Service for Sensor Networks
- Quality Standards and Metrics
- Challenges Ahead for QoS
- Factors & Scenarios Influencing the QoS
- Steps Against Data Uncertainty
Section - X: Security Issues for Wireless Sensor Networks
- Security Issues in Sensor Networks
- Implementing Secure Sensor Networks
- Using Sensor Networks for Security Measures
- Sensor Networks in Homeland Security
- Passport Control
- Border Security Application
- Air Defense System
- Environmental Monitor System
- Commercial Usages Targeting Factories
- Tracking
- Monitoring
- Inventory Control
- Automated Sales
- Process Control
- Products for Home
Section - XI: Future Opportunities for Sensor Networks
- Future of Sensor Networks and their Prototypes
- Asset and warehouse management
- Automotive
- Building monitoring and control
- Environmental Monitoring
- Healthcare
- Military Battlefield Awareness
- Security and surveillance
- Future Research
- Secure Systems
- Embedded Operating Systems
- Group Management
- Lightweight Signal Processing
- High Data Rate Sensors
Section XII
- Conclusions