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With the rapid development of hardware and embedded systems, wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are being developed for surveillance applications. While meriting more in-depth research and development, deploying a practical WSN for surveillance is challenging due to the limited power and bandwidth of the battery-operated sensor nodes. In this paper, we first propose an energy-efficient image transportation strategy through motion detection. In case of data delivery over long distance, this paper further investigates the use of cooperative communications to design a reliable image transmission scheme over WSN, and demonstrates its effectiveness in improving network reliability in wireless multimedia sensor networks.
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Chen, M., González, S., Cao, H. et al. Enabling low bit-rate and reliable video surveillance over practical wireless sensor network. J Supercomput 65, 287–300 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11227-010-0475-2
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