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An Overview of Embedded Sensor Networks
- Apr 12, 2021
- John Heidemann and Ramesh Govindan
Introduction
An embedded sensor network is a network of embedded computers placed in the physical world that interacts with the environment. These embedded computers, or sensor nodes, are often physically small, relatively inexpensive computers, each with some set of sensors or actuators. These sensor nodes are deployed in situ, physically placed in the environment near the objects they are sensing. Sensor nodes are networked, allowing them to communicate and cooperate with each other to monitor the environment and (possibly) effect changes to it. Current sensor networks are usually stationary, although sensors may be attached to moving objects or may even be capable of independent movement. These characteristics: being embedded, and being capable of sensing, actuation, and the ability to communicate, define the field of sensor networking and differentiate it from remote sensing, mobile computing with laptop computers, and traditional centralized sensing systems.
URL : Embedded-sensor network design
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