Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks: Technologies, Analysis and Design (Hardcover)

When choosing the technology options to develop a wireless sensor network (WSN), it is vital that their performance levels can be assessed for the type of application intended. This book describes the different technology options - MAC protocols, routing protocols, localisation and data fusion techniques - and provides the means to numerically measure their performance, whether by simulation, mathematical models or experimental test beds. Case studies, based on the authors' direct experience of implementing wireless sensor networks, describe the design methodology and the type of measurements used, together with samples of the performance measurements attained.

The book will enable you to answer vital questions such as:

* How long will my network remain alive given the amount of sensing required of it?
* For how long should I set the sleeping state of my motes?
* How many sensors should I distribute to meet the expected requirements of the application?
* What type of throughput should I expect as a function of the number of nodes deployed and the radio interface chosen (whether it be Bluetooth or Zigbee)?
* How is the Packet Error Rate of my Zigbee motes affected by the selection of adjacent frequency sub bands in the ISM 2.4GHz band?
* How is the localisation precision dependant on the number of nodes deployed in a corridor?

Communications and signal processing engineers, researchers and graduate students working in wireless sensor networks will find this book an invaluable practical guide to this important technology.

"This book gives a proper balance between theory and application; it is a book for those R&D engineers that want to appreciate both why, how and in which domains Wireless Sensor Networks can be best applied." - Fabio Bellifemine, Telecom Italia

"This book is a thorough and accessible exposition on wireless sensor networks with a good balance between theory and practice; it is valuable for both students and practicing engineers, and is an essential addition for engineering libraries." - Professor Moe Win, Associate Professor at the Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (LIDS), Massachusetts Institute of Technology

*Only book to examine wireless sensor network technologies and assess their performance capabilities against possible applications
*Enables the engineer to choose the technology that will give the best performance for the intended application
*Case studies, based on the authors' direct experience of implementing wireless sensor networks, describe the design methodology and the type of measurements used, together with samples of the performance measurements attained.

在選擇開發無線感測網路（WSN）的技術選項時，對於所需的應用類型，評估其性能水平至關重要。本書描述了不同的技術選項 - MAC協議、路由協議、定位和數據融合技術 - 並提供了通過模擬、數學模型或實驗測試平台來數值化測量它們的性能的方法。基於作者們實施無線感測網路的直接經驗，案例研究描述了設計方法論和使用的測量類型，以及達到的性能測量樣本。

本書將使您能夠回答以下重要問題：
- 在需要的感測量下，我的網路能夠保持多久？
- 我應該將我的感測器設置為睡眠狀態多長時間？
- 為了滿足應用的預期要求，我應該分佈多少個感測器？
- 根據部署的節點數量和所選的無線接口（無論是藍牙還是Zigbee），我應該期望什麼樣的吞吐量？
- 在ISM 2.4GHz頻段中，相鄰頻率子帶的選擇如何影響我的Zigbee節點的封包錯誤率？
- 定位精度如何取決於在走廊中部署的節點數量？

從事無線感測網路工作的通信和信號處理工程師、研究人員和研究生將會發現本書是這一重要技術的實用指南。

“本書在理論和應用之間取得了適當的平衡；對於那些希望了解無線感測網路為何以及如何以及在哪些領域中最適用的研發工程師來說，這是一本書。” - Fabio Bellifemine, Telecom Italia

“本書是一本關於無線感測網路的全面且易於理解的論述，理論和實踐之間取得了良好的平衡；對於學生和實踐工程師來說都很有價值，是工程圖書館的必備資料。” - Moe Win教授，麻省理工學院信息和決策系統實驗室副教授

- 唯一一本研究無線感測網路技術並評估其性能能力與可能應用相比的書籍
- 使工程師能夠選擇最適合預期應用的技術，以獲得最佳性能
- 基於作者們實施無線感測網路的直接經驗，案例研究描述了設計方法論和使用的測量類型，以及達到的性能測量樣本。