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Wireless sensor networks: A survey on the land of the art and the 802.15.4 and ZigBee standards

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Wireless sensor networks are an emerging technology for low-cost, unattended monitoring of a wide range of environments. Their importance has been enforced past the recent delivery of the IEEE 802.15.4 standard for the physical and MAC layers and the forthcoming ZigBee standard for the network and awarding layers. The fast progress of research on energy efficiency, networking, data direction and security in wireless sensor networks, and the need to compare with the solutions adopted in the standards motivates the need for a survey on this field.

Keywords

Wireless sensor networks

ZigBee

IEEE 802.xv.4

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Paolo Baronti received the Master of Informatics from the University of Pisa, Italy, in 2004. He was a researcher with the Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione of the Italian National Enquiry Council (CNR) from 2004 to 2006. He is now a PhD pupil at the University of Pisa, Italy. His inquiry interests include energy efficiency, routing, localization and data direction in wireless sensor networks.

Prashant Pillai is currently working every bit a Inquiry Assistant in the School of Engineering, Blueprint and Engineering at the Academy of Bradford. He has received his B. Sc in Electronics and M. Sc in Informatics from University of Delhi, India. He is also currently working towards his PhD in the field of network security at Academy of Bradford. He has worked before in the WirelessCabin Project funded under the EU FP5 IST framework, the SatNEx project funded under the Network of Excellence mechanism in the EU FP6 IST Framework. He is currently working on the Multicast BGAN Extension project funded by INMARSAT Ltd., and SatNEx-2. His main areas of work are in Mobile/wireless networks like 2G/3G, WLAN and Bluetooth and Satellite based networks, looking into the System compages pattern, protocol evolution and blueprint of the AAA/security architectures. His current research interests include AAA and security protocols for IP and Mobile Networks, DVB based systems and Wireless Sensor Networks. He also takes lectures at the University of Bradford in the areas of Mobile Communications and Wireless Sensor Networks.

Vince W.C Chook received the B.Eng. Honor degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering and the MSc caste in Integrated Circuit Design from the Regal Higher of London. Mr. Chook joined the University of Bradford every bit a researcher in 2003 and has been actively involved in diverse European Projects – the IST WirelessCabin, SatNEx and the Inmarsat BGAN Extension Project. During his involvement in the WirelessCabin project, Mr. Chook was appointed to participate in the demonstrator flying test where he was responsible for the system performance evaluation & analysis. In 2005, Mr. Chook was actively involved in the Inmarsat project where he was responsible for the system protocol validation and the Radio Resources Management design. Currently, Mr. Chook is completing his MPhil in Wireless Sensor Network.

Stefano Chessa received the G.S. degree ("cum laude") in Computer science from the University of Pisa, Italian republic, in 1994, and the Ph.D. degree in Information science from the same university in 1999. In 1997 he was Visiting Student at the Iowa State Academy, The states; in 1999 he was Research Assistant with the Department of Mathematics of the Academy of Trento, Italy; and in 2000 he was Enquiry Assistant with the Istituto di Elaborazione dell'Informazione, Pisa, Italia. In tardily 2000 he joined the Reckoner Science Section of the University of Pisa as Assistant Professor, and since 2001 he his as well Research Associate with the Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione in Pisa. His current research interests are in the areas of wireless sensor networks and streaming authentication.

Alberto Gotta received the Principal of Scientific discipline in Telecommunication Networks and Systems Applied science from the Academy of Genoa, Italy, in 2002. From 2002 to 2004 he was a researcher for the Enquiry Unit of the Italian National Consortium for Telecommunications (CNIT) at the Academy of Genoa. In 2004 he was a researcher with the ISTI Institute of the Italian National Research Council (CNR). Since 2005 he has been a Ph.D. student in Information Science and Communication Technologies at the University of Genoa. His current research interests are in bandwidth allocation, admission command, and fade countermeasure systems in terrestrial wireless and satellite multi-service networks.

Y. Fun Hu is Professor of Wireless Communications Engineering in the Schoolhouse of Engineering, Pattern and Technology (EDT) at the University of Bradford, where she leads the Mobile Networks and Applications Grouping of the Mobile and Satellite Communications Research Eye (MSCRC). Since 1992, Prof. Hu has been actively involved in the development of 3G mobile communications systems through participation in numerous loftier profile EU framework plan projects. Her inquiry in network protocol pattern, mobility management, radio resource management and network security has attracted a continuous stream of funding support from the EC, ESA, EPSRC, DTI and industry since taking upward her first academic post in 1994. She was a UK delegate of the EU Price 253 (1996–2000), Price 256 (1997–2001) and Toll 272 Actions (2001–2005). She was an executive member of the IET Electronics and Communications Divisions Professional Network Group on Satellite Systems and Applications (2000-2002) and has been a member of the Technical Informational Panel of the same Professional Network Grouping since 2002. She has co-authored one volume and editor of two books. She is a fellow member of the Editorial Board of International Journal of Services and Standards, InderScience. She is the co-ordinator of the MSc taught program in 'Wireless Sensor Networks', which started in September 2005. This form is the first of its kind in the Uk. She currently leads a small-scale team to conduct research into the application of wireless sensor technologies for water level management with funding support from Yorkshire Water through the Knowledge Transfer Partnership. She also leads Bradford's contributions towards the Networking Grouping in the EU funded project SatNEx – Satellite Network of Excellence also as leading a research team towards contributions to the Inmarsat BGAN organization development.

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