Abstract
Wireless sensor and actuator networks (WSANs) have found many application areas and already become a part of our day to day life. Technology and standards have almost matured enough to provide the required scale of economics for the cost targets originally set by the pioneers of the field. However, both industry and researchers need to continuously develop new solutions for the challenges introduced by novel deployment scenarios. In this chapter, the applications and the challenges of WSANs are presented after a brief description of the concept.
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Abbreviations
- ADC:
-
Analog-to-digital converter
- AN:
-
Actuator node
- C4ISR:
-
Command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance
- CBRN:
-
Chemical biological radiological and nuclear
- CN:
-
Collector node
- ISM:
-
Industrial, scientific, and medical
- MAC:
-
Medium access control
- MIPS:
-
Million instructions per second
- SN:
-
Sensor node
- WSAN:
-
Wireless sensor and actuator network
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Cayirci, E. (2012). Wireless Sensor and Actuator Network Applications and Challenges. In: Filippini, D. (eds) Autonomous Sensor Networks. Springer Series on Chemical Sensors and Biosensors, vol 13. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/5346_2012_25
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