| Vol. 4, No. 1, May 2007- Art. 2 |
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| Ad-hoc Wireless Sensors Networks: Challenges and Issues |
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by
Danilo Blasi, Vincenzo Cacace, Luca Casone, Marco Rizzello,
Salvatore Rotolo, STMicroelectronics; Luciano Bononi, Department
of Computer Science, University of Bologna, Italy
Copyright
Copyright © STMicroelectronics, Università degli
Studi di Bologna, 2007 |
| | | Abstract
Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) constitute an emerging application
field of microelectronics that promises wide support of the interaction
between people and their surroundings. Because of the extremely
variable nature of this interaction, the topic of WSN is still in
its early stages of development and is giving rise to several challenges,
from the design of a smart device that allows easy and reliable
access to the environmental characteristics, to the creation of
a wireless network of devices that cooperate to perform complex
tasks. In this field, the cooperation among nodes is actually the
most peculiar aspect reflecting directly on the network operation.
This paper gives an overview of the topic from the Ad Hoc networking
concept perspective. Although the seeds of these concepts can be
found in some already existing implementations (e.g., ZigBee), we
believe many further refinements could be introduced to fully exploit
the potential of the widely investigated Ad Hoc approach and the
strength of the mutual interaction of networked elements. |
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