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Visual tracking using sensor networks

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Francesco Piga,

Giuseppe Lipari,

Yao LiangAuthors Info & Claims

Simutools '09: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques

Article No.: 28, Pages 1 - 10

https://doi.org/10.4108/ICST.SIMUTOOLS2009.5575

Published: 02 March 2009 Publication History

Abstract

New trends in Wireless Sensor Networks envisage deployments for distributed applications requiring real-time support at the kernel level and Quality of Service at the network level.

In this domain, at the design stage, particular attention must be devoted to individual data packets as those entities carrying unique (not redundant) information. The performances of the deployed system (hereby felt as a black box) must be tracked against the reliability and timeliness offered in message delivery.

A Visual Tracking case study is discussed throughout this paper with the support of a simulation package modelling real-time scheduling policies at the device node kernels and bandwidth allocation techniques for network reliable communications as standardized in the IEEE 802.15.4 suite of protocols.

A set of results is carried out estimating the performances of the Visual Tracking system in two contexts (those of a monitored junction in an airport taxiway and in a parking area) very different for criticality and average volume of network traffic.

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Magrini MMoroni DNastasi CPagano PPetracca MPieri GSalvadori CSalvetti O(2011)Visual sensor networks for infomobilityPattern Recognition and Image Analysis10.1134/S105466181101009321:1(20-29)Online publication date: 1-Mar-2011
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1134/S1054661811010093
Magrini MMoroni DPieri GSalvetti O(2011)Real time image analysis for infomobilityProceedings of the 2011 international conference on Computational Intelligence for Multimedia Understanding10.1007/978-3-642-32436-9_18(207-218)Online publication date: 13-Dec-2011
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/978-3-642-32436-9_18
Pagano PChitnis MLipari GNastasi CLiang Y(2010)Simulating real-time aspects of wireless sensor networksEURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking10.1155/2010/1079462010(1-12)Online publication date: 1-Apr-2010
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1155/2010/107946

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Visual tracking using sensor networks
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Simutools '09: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques

March 2009

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ISBN:9789639799455

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University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, CNRS & INRIA, France
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Carleton University, Canada
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Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
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University of Pisa, Italy

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Magrini MMoroni DNastasi CPagano PPetracca MPieri GSalvadori CSalvetti O(2011)Visual sensor networks for infomobilityPattern Recognition and Image Analysis10.1134/S105466181101009321:1(20-29)Online publication date: 1-Mar-2011
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1134/S1054661811010093
Magrini MMoroni DPieri GSalvetti O(2011)Real time image analysis for infomobilityProceedings of the 2011 international conference on Computational Intelligence for Multimedia Understanding10.1007/978-3-642-32436-9_18(207-218)Online publication date: 13-Dec-2011
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/978-3-642-32436-9_18
Pagano PChitnis MLipari GNastasi CLiang Y(2010)Simulating real-time aspects of wireless sensor networksEURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking10.1155/2010/1079462010(1-12)Online publication date: 1-Apr-2010
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1155/2010/107946

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