Report 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
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
Report Outline
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
Section v
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
