Information Transport in Wireless Sensor Networks: A Tunable Reliability Approach - Softcover

Shaikh, Faisal Karim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3639302400 ISBN 13: 9783639302400

Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2010

Synopsis

A key functionality of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) consists in obtaining and transporting the information of interest (e.g., events) required by the applications. The applications running on WSN also specify desired reliability levels for the information. Consequently, reliability requirements, possibly changing over time and of tunable levels over an application, are stipulated on the transport of information. As the WSN environments are often exposed to perturbations, these specifically need to be considered in order to achieve the desired reliability on information transport. The existing approaches to reliable transport typically focus on maximizing the attained reliability levels than the more complex facets of reliability adaptation or tunability. These approaches thus tend to over utilize the network resources (e.g., energy) even when the application does not require enhanced reliability. On this background, the book develops a novel generalized framework for reliable information transport in WSNs. The proposed framework supports various applications, provides tunable reliability of information transport and copes with dynamic network conditions.

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About the Author

Faisal Karim Shaikh did his MEng from Mehran University of Engineering and Technology (MUET) Jamshoro, Pakistan and his PhD from Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany. He is currently working as Assistant Professor at MUET, Pakistan. His research interests include dependable Wireless Sensor Networks and Mobile Ad Hoc Networks.

Edition details

• Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 3639302400
• ISBN 13: 9783639302400
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 164