The new edition of this popular book has been transformed into a
hands-on textbook, focusing on the principles of wireless sensor
networks (WSNs), their applications, their protocols and standards, and
their analysis and test tools; a meticulous care has been accorded to
the definitions and terminology. To make WSNs felt and seen, the adopted
technologies as well as their manufacturers are presented in detail. In
introductory computer networking books, chapters sequencing follows the
bottom up or top down architecture of the seven layers protocol. This
book starts some steps later, with chapters ordered based on a topic's
significance to the elaboration of wireless sensor networks (WSNs)
concepts and issues.
With such a depth, this book is intended for a wide audience, it is
meant to be a helper and motivator, for both the senior undergraduates,
postgraduates, researchers, and practitioners; concepts and WSNs related
applications are laid out, research and practical issues are backed by
appropriate literature, and new trends are put under focus. For senior
undergraduate students, it familiarizes readers with conceptual
foundations, applications, and practical project implementations. For
graduate students and researchers, transport layer protocols and
cross-layering protocols are presented and testbeds and simulators
provide a must follow emphasis on the analysis methods and tools for
WSNs. For practitioners, besides applications and deployment, the
manufacturers and components of WSNs at several platforms and testbeds
are fully explored.
