Wireless sensor networks: A survey on recent developments and potential synergies

Journal of Supercomputing

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-48

  Rawat, Priyanka ^a   Singh, Kamal Deep ^b   Chaouchi, Hakima ^b   Bonnin, Jean Marie ^c  

^a INRIA   (France)

^b ECOLE DES MINES DE NANTES   (France)

^c INSTITUT TELECOM   (France)

Author keywords

IEEE 802.15.4; Platforms; Synergy; Wireless sensor network

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; IEEE STANDARDS; SURVEYS;

COST EFFECTIVE; IEEE 802.15.4; PLATFORMS; POTENTIAL SYNERGIES; REAL WORLD DOMAIN; RESEARCH ISSUES; SYNERGY; WIRELESS SENSOR;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 84904043180     PISSN: 09208542     EISSN: 15730484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11227-013-1021-9     Document Type: Article

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