Wrap up

Wireless sensor networks: Important concerns

Localization and tracking: curse of dimensionality
Networking sensors: wireless - acoustic, RF, optical,
terrestrial/underwater, etc.
Infrastructure establishment
Neighbor discovery and organization
Placement in common temporal and spatial framework
Topology control, clustering, time synchronization and
localization

Sensor tasking and control

Databases
Platforms and tools

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Canonical concerns
Limited resources: Resource constrained, small
size, limited battery
In-situ deployment: Node failure, unattended
deployment
Insecure deployment: security can make or break
system
Large scale deployment
Wireless communications: low capacity,
communication failure, node heterogeneity

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Papers
Duck Island
Zebranet
Volcanonet
Sensorflock
Underwater: routing, robots (aquaflecks)
Video sensor: Panopte, Irisnet, Senseye
Storage: Multi-resolution, Capsule, Presto
Active sensors, MagnetOS
Security: SPINS, Secure aggregation, Tinysec

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Take away message

How do the sensors address canonical concerns
Sensorflock
Limited resources: Resource constrained, small size,
limited battery
In-situ deployment: Node failure, unattended deployment
Insecure deployment: security can make or break system
Large scale deployment
Wireless communications: low capacity, communication
failure, node heterogeneity

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