The book identifies the performance challenges concerning Wireless
Sensor Networks (WSN) and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and
analyzes their impact on the performance of routing protocols. It
presents a thorough literature survey to identify the issues affecting
routing protocol performance, as well as a mathematical model for
calculating the end-to-end delays of the routing protocol ACQUIRE; a
comparison of two routing protocols (ACQUIRE and DIRECTED DIFFUSION) is
also provided for evaluation purposes. On the basis of the results and
literature review, recommendations are made for better selection of
protocols regarding the nature of the respective application and related
challenges. In addition, this book covers a proposed simulator that
integrates both RFID and WSN technologies. Therefore, the manuscript is
divided in two major parts: an integrated architecture of smart nodes,
and a power-optimized protocol for query and information interchange.