Handbook of Sensor Networking: Advanced Technologies and Applications

A comprehensive guide to advanced sensor networking technologies, this handbook provides in-depth coverage of sensor networking theory, technology, and practice as it relates to established technologies as well as recent advances. It explores practical solutions to a wide range of sensor networking issues. Prominent experts address the immediate and long-term challenges in sensor networking hardware, wireless communication protocols, sensor network software and architecture, wireless information networks, data manipulation, signal processing, and localization and object tracking through sensor networks.

Table of Contents

Part I Sensor Networking Software and Architectures
Chapter 1 Sensor Networking Internet of Things
Chapter 2 Sensor Network Platform and Operating Systems
Chapter 3 Mobile Crowd Sensing

Part II Wireless Sensor Information Networks
Chapter 4 In-Network Processing in Wireless Sensor Networks
Chapter 5 Wireless Sensor Hierarchical Networks
Chapter 6 Efficient Distributed Bayesian Estimation in Wireless Sensor Networks

Part III Sensor Networking Data Manipulation and Advanced Hardware
Chapter 7 Constructing Load-Balanced Data Aggregation Trees in Probabilistic Wireless Sensor Networks
Chapter 8 Biometric Sensors and How They Work
Chapter 9 Radio Frequency Identification Device Readers and Tags

Part IV Sensor Networking Signal Processing
Chapter 10 Multimedia/Audio Sensor Networking Signal Processing
Chapter 11 Data Mining in Sensor Networks

Part V Obstacles in Sensor Networks
Chapter 12 Wireless Sensor Network Security: PHY-Layer Security
Chapter 13 Impact of Correlated Failures on Wireless Sensor Network Reliability
Chapter 14 Acoustic Sensors and Algorithms for Urban Security

Part VI Sensor Networking Applications and Uses
Chapter 15 Smart Buildings and Smart Cities
Chapter 16 Imaging Technology
Chapter 17 Reconfigurable MIMO FMCW Imaging Technique and Applications in Acoustical and Microwave Imaging
Chapter 18 Recent Advances in EO/IR Imaging Detector and Sensor Applications
Chapter 19 Vehicular Sensor Networks
Chapter 20 Acoustic Sensing System for Underwater Geolocation and Navigation
Chapter 21 Load-Balanced Virtual Backbones in Wireless Sensor Networks

Appendix A: List of Sensor Networking Standards, Organizations, and Protocols
Appendix B: Glossary