Wireless Sensor Networks presents a comprehensive and tightly organized compilation of chapters that surveys many of the exciting research developments taking place in this field. Chapters are written by several of the leading researchers exclusively for this book. Authors address many of the key challenges faced in the design, analysis and deployment of wireless sensor networks. Included is coverage of low-cost sensor devices equipped with wireless interfaces, sensor network protocols for large scale sensor networks, data storage and compression techniques, security architectures and mechanisms, and many practical applications that relate to use in environmental, military, medical, industrial and home networks.

Wireless Sensor Networks presents a comprehensive and tightly organized compilation of chapters that surveys many of the exciting research developments taking place in this field. Chapters are written by several of the leading researchers exclusively for this book. Authors address many of the key challenges faced in the design, analysis and deployment of wireless sensor networks. Included is coverage of low-cost sensor devices equipped with wireless interfaces, sensor network protocols for large scale sensor networks, data storage and compression techniques, security architectures and mechanisms, and many practical applications that relate to use in environmental, military, medical, industrial and home networks.

Basics.- Sensor Networks: A Bridge to the Physical World.- Communication Protocols for Sensor Nerworks.- Energy Efficient Design of Wireless Sensor Nodes.- Network Protocols.- Medium Access Control in Wireless Sensor Networks.- A Survey of MAC Protocols for Sensor Networks.- Dissemination Protocols for Large Sensor Networks.- Routing on a Curve.- Reliable Transport for Sensor Networks.- Data Storage and Manipulation.- Data-Centric Routing and Storage in Sensor Networks.- Compression Techniques for Wireless Sensor Networks.- Fundamental Limits of Networked Sensing.- Security.- Security for Wireless Sensor Networks.- Key Distribution Techniques for Sensor Networks.- Security in Sensor Networks: Watermarking Techniques.- Localization and Management.- Localization in Sensor Networks.- Sensor Management.- Applications.- Detecting Unauthorized Activities Using a Sensor Network.- Analysis of Wireless Sensor Networks for Habitat Monitoring.