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A Survey of Wireless Sensor Network Interconnection to External Networks

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This paper aims at investigating the WSN (wireless sensor network) connectivity to external networks and infrastructures. It addresses research regarding existing techniques, mechanisms and devices that will provide connectivity of WSNs to external networks.

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    Agnius Liutkevicius, Arunas Vrubliauskas & Egidijus Kazanavicius

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Liutkevicius, A., Vrubliauskas, A., Kazanavicius, E. (2010). A Survey of Wireless Sensor Network Interconnection to External Networks. In: Sobh, T., Elleithy, K., Mahmood, A. (eds) Novel Algorithms and Techniques in Telecommunications and Networking. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3662-9_7

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