Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) represent an innovative technology that integrates compact, energy-efficient sensors with wireless communication functionalities, facilitating instantaneous surveillance and data gathering from the surrounding environment. ...

Analog backscatter communication is a promising technology for low-power and low-cost communication. The simplicity of the analog backscatter tags make it possible to achieve low-power operation. However, they are limited to perform only simple ...

Nowadays, wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are the central means for data gathering in the edge-based internet of things era. Mobile edge nodes, such as mobile sinks (MSs), are the most reasonable way to gather the sensed data in these WSNs by ...

This paper delves into optimizing network lifetime (NL) subject to connected-coverage requirement, a pivotal issue for realistic wireless sensor network (WSN) design. A key challenge in designing WSNs consisting of energy-limited sensors is ...

The design and study of piezoelectric energy harvesters for wireless sensor networks (WSNs) includes the creation of effective energy solutions to increase the operating life of sensors without requiring frequent battery changes. These harvesters ...

Energy harvesting (EH) wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have wide applications in various fields due to their ability to sense and transmit environmental information, while current routing algorithms on EH-WSN generally rely on a single EH method, ...

Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks (UWSN) consists of various sensors and other components that communicate with each other. UWSN has several uses such as seismic monitoring, subsurface navigation and catastrophe prediction and avoidance. This ...

Wireless sensor networks are always a demanding field, no matter how technology advances in recent times. Energy efficiency and security are the major concerns for such networks. While energy efficiency has been taken care of using clustering ...

The main issue in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) is the energy consumption of the nodes. Each sensor node communicates directly with other nodes in its transmission range or uses other nodes to forward the message to nodes outside its range. ...

In the field of wireless sensor networks, node localization is a key research issue. As a classical range-free localization scheme, the localization accuracy of distance vector-hop (DV-Hop) algorithm needs to be further improved. Therefore, an ...

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are a crucial component in the fabric of the Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem, enabling a myriad of applications ranging from environmental monitoring to precision agriculture and smart cities. However, these ...

The clustering algorithm is an effective method for developing energy efficiency routing protocol for wireless sensor networks (WSNs). In clustered WSNs, cluster heads must handle high traffic, thus consuming more energy. Therefore, forming ...

The node localization problem of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) is addressed in this article with a node localization algorithm designed using fuzzy logic and a nature-inspired algorithm. The coordinates of target nodes are obtained using fuzzy ...

Wireless sensor networks support decision-making in diverse environmental contexts. Adoption of these networks has increased dramatically due to technological advances that have increased value while lowering cost. However, real-time information ...

• Sensors spanning 200k km2 built, deployed and maintained by a small research group
• Predictions automatically generated for sensors using only measurements and location
• Efficient models train and predict for large networks using ...

As neural network-based localization algorithms are becoming popular, there is a need to shorten the training time and the localization time for sustainability and efficiency purposes. To address such issues, the fuzzy transform (or F-transform ...

The integration of wireless devices has represented a significant leap forward in Information Technology, substantially enhancing human convenience. A notable subset of these networks is Aerial Mesh Networks (AMNs), akin to Mobile Ad-hoc networks (...

The rapid growth of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies led to an increase in the demand of connected devices around the world. Today, these devices are integrated in several applications and solutions. Therefore, providing a smooth and simple ...

The increasing demand for wireless sensor networks to monitor specific regions has prompted extensive research on sustaining coverage over time. The main threat to this goal arises from coverage holes caused by random node deployment or failures. ...

Low-Power and Lossy Networks (LLNs) are based on constrained devices. Energy conservation is one of the main constraints, and the traditional IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Protocol (IPv6-NDP) was neither designed nor suitable to cope with it. This ...

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• 6LoWPAN-NDP is the optimized Neighbor Discovery Protocol for LLNs, e.g., IoT systems.
• 6LoWPAN-NDP is not broadly adopted and is difficult to find in simulation systems.
• We do explore its strengths and weaknesses, and if its ...

These days, a significant portion of the solutions for vehicle Internet of things applications come from wireless sensor networks. This article uses cameras, radio-frequency identification, and ultrasonic sensors to address typical issues with ...${}_{\mathrm{}}$