Cooperation in Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks
Julio Barbancho, Daniel Cascado, José Luis Sevillano, Carlos León, A. Linares, F. J. Molina · 2011
Usually ad-hoc and sensor networks are two concepts related to networks consisting of wireless nodes. This chapter considers that these nodes have common features such as tiny size, low computational and storage resources and low autonomy. It discusses time synchronization, calibration and localization under the new approach of cooperation in wireless sensor networks. The chapter shows how power consumption can be reduced by managing the quality of the radio links involved in data transmissions. Other issues that are focused under the paradigm of cooperative networking are data aggregation and data fusion. The chapter describes several examples of applications based on these topics to illustrate the usefulness of cooperative networking. Researchers have proposed a wide array of mechanisms for implementing cooperation, such as multi-agent intelligent systems (MAS), neural networks, middleware systems, and so on. The chapter presents future lines of research into cooperation in ad hoc and sensor networks. Controlled Vocabulary Terms cooperative systems; standardisation; wireless sensor networks