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Data Acquisition and Dissemination in Sensor Networks

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Encyclopedia of Database Systems

Synonyms

Data gathering; Data collection; Data acquisition

Definition

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are deployed to monitor and subsequently communicate various aspects of physical environment, e.g., acoustics, visual, motion, vibration, heat, light, moisture, pressure, radio, magnetic, biological, etc. Data acquisition and dissemination protocols for WSNs are aimed at collecting information from sensor nodes and forwarding it to the subscribing entities such that maximum data rate is achieved while maximizing the overall network life time. The information can be simple raw data or processed using basic signal processing techniques such as filtering, aggregation/compression, event detection, etc.

Historical Background

Wireless sensor networks consist of tiny dispensable smart sensor nodes, with limited battery power and processing/communication capabilities. In addition, these networks also employ more powerful “sink” node(s) that collect information from the sensor nodes and...

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  1. University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

    Turkmen Canli & Ashfaq Khokhar

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  1. College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, 266 Ferst Drive, 30332-0765, Atlanta, GA, USA

    LING LIU (Professor) (Professor)

  2. Database Research Group David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, N2L 3G1, Waterloo, ON, Canada

    M. TAMER ÖZSU (Professor and Director, University Research Chair) (Professor and Director, University Research Chair)

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Canli, T., Khokhar, A. (2009). Data Acquisition and Dissemination in Sensor Networks. In: LIU, L., ÖZSU, M.T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Database Systems. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-39940-9_92

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