QoS in Wireless Sensor/Actuator Networks and Systems

• Main Author: Mário Alves (Ed.) (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2018
• Subjects: mobility; wireless sensor networks; reliability; SigFox; scalability; UAVs; routing; RSSI localization; QoS; real-time; energy-aware protocols; IEEE 802.15.4e; LoRa; scheduling; sensor/actuator networks; battery-powered devices; quality-of-service; unmanned aerial vehicles; low-power wireless networks; MAC; decision-centric resource management; cyber-physical systems; swarms communication; timeliness; network calculus; networked embedded systems
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Wireless sensor/actuators networks (WSANs) are being increasingly used in a panoply of applications, such as industrial automation, process control, ambient assisted living, structural health monitoring, and homeland security. Most of these applications require specific quality-of-service (QoS) guar...