Wireless Sensor Networks: Deployment Strategies for Outdoor Monitoring

Wireless Sensor Networks overcome the difficulties of other monitoring systems. However, they require further efficiencies for Outdoor Environment Monitoring (OEM) applications due to their harsh operational conditions, huge targeted areas, limited energy budget, and required 3D setups. A fundamental issue in defeating these practical challenges is deployment planning. The deployment plan is a key factor of many intrinsic properties of OEM networks, summarized in connectivity, lifetime, fault-tolerance, and cost-effectiveness. This book investigates the problem of WSNs deployments that address these properties in order to overcome the unique challenges and circumstances in OEM applications.

Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 2 DEPLOYMENT OF WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS IN OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT MONITORING: AN OVERVIEW
CHAPTER 3 EFFICIENT DEPLOYMENT OF WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS TARGETING ENVIRONMENT MONITORING APPLICATIONS
CHAPTER 4 OPTIMIZED RELAY PLACEMENT FOR WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS FEDERATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS
CHAPTER 5 TOWARDS AUGMENTING FEDERATED WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS IN FORESTRY APPLICATIONS
CHAPTER 6 OPTIMIZED HEXAGON-BASED DEPLOYMENT FOR LARGE-SCALE UBIQUITOUS SENSOR NETWORKS
CHAPTER 7 TOWARDS PROLONGED LIFETIME FOR DEPLOYED WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS IN OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT MONITORING
CHAPTER 8 PATH PLANNING FOR MOBILE DATA COLLECTORS IN FUTURE CITIES
CHAPTER 9 CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS