Wireless Sensor Networks

What are wireless sensor networks (WSNs)?

A wireless sensor network (WSN) is a wireless network using sensors to cooperatively monitor physical or environmental conditions.

Networks of typically small, battery- powered, wireless devices (often MANY, sometimes heterogeneous).

  • On-board processing,

  • Communication, and

  • Sensing capabilities.

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Wireless sensing + Data Networking!

  • Group of sensors linked by wireless media to perform distributed sensing tasks.

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