A comparison of software platforms for wireless sensor networks: MANTIS, TinyOS, and ZigBee

Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Mozumdar, Mohammad Mostafizur Rahman ^a   Lavagno, Luciano ^a   Vanzago, Laura ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b STMICROELECTRONICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Application porting; Software platform; Wireless sensor networks

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION DEVELOPERS; APPLICATION PORTING; CODE SIZES; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; EVENT HANDLING MECHANISMS; EVENT-BASED; FUNCTIONAL ASPECTS; POWER CONSTRAINTS; PROGRAMMING STYLES; SENSOR NETWORK APPLICATIONS; SOFTWARE PLATFORM; STANDARD SOFTWARES; ZIG BEES;

APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACES (API); APPLICATIONS; SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSORS; STANDARDIZATION;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 60449088929     PISSN: 15399087     EISSN: 15583465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1457255.1457264     Document Type: Article

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