Embedded Sensor Systems

Dharma P. Agrawal is the Ohio Board of Regents Distinguished Professor and founding director of the Center for Distributed and Mobile Computing at the School of Computing Sciences and Informatics. He has been a faculty member at the ECE Dept., Carnegie Mellon University (on sabbatical leave), NC State University, Raleigh and Wayne State University. His current research interests include resource allocation in wireless mesh networks, query processing and secured communication in sensor networks, environmental monitoring using sensor networks, and effective traffic handling in integrated wireless networks. His most recent contribution in the form of a co-authored introductory textbook on Wireless and Mobile Computing has been widely accepted throughout the world and a fourth edition has just been published. The book has been reprinted both in China and India and translated into Korean and Chinese. His co-authored book on Ad hoc and Sensor Networks, 2nd edition, was published in the spring of 2011. Professor Agrawal is a founding Editorial Board Member, International Journal on Distributed Sensor Networks, International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing (IJAHUC), International Journal of Ad Hoc & Sensor Wireless Networks, and the Journal of Information Assurance and Security (JIAS). He has served as an editor of the journal IEEE Computer, the Journal of Parallel and Distributed Systems, IEEE Transactions on Computers, and the International Journal of High Speed Computing. He has been the Program Chair and General Chair for numerous international conferences and meetings, and has received numerous certificates from the IEEE Computer Society, including a Third Millennium Medal for his outstanding contributions. He has published over 610 papers, given 38 different tutorials and extensive training courses in various conferences in USA, and numerous institutions in Taiwan, Korea, Jordan, UAE, Malaysia, and India in the areas of Ad hoc and Sensor Networks and Mesh Networks (including Globecom 2011 and ICC 2012). He has been nominated as an ISI Highly Cited Researcher, is a Fellow of the IEEE, the ACM, the AAAS, and the World Innovation Foundation, and a recent recipient of the 2008 IEEE CS Harry Goode Award. In June 2011, he was selected as the best Mentor for Doctoral Students at the University of Cincinnati. In 2012, he was selected as a Founding fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.

Part I: General Sensor Characteristics.- Chapter 01: Introduction to Cell Phones and Wireless Technologies.- Chapter-02: Applications of Sensor Networks.- Chapter-03: Different Types of Transducers.- Chapter-04: Transducers Range Modeling.- Chapter-05: Clock Synchronization and Localization.- Chapter-06: Topology Discovery, Residual Energy and Energy Harvesting.- Chapter-07: TCP, Neighborhood formation, Reliable Transport and Simulators for WSNs.- Chapter-08: Sensor Nodes (SNs), Camera Sensor Nodes CSNs), and Remote Sensor Nodes (RSNs).- Part II: Random Topology.- Chapter-09: Sensor Coverage and Connectivity for Random Deployment.- Chapter-10: Medium Access and Routing.- Chapter-11: Broadcasting, Data Aggregation, and Opportunistic Forwarding.- Chapter-12: Clustering and Energy Consumption Minimization.- Chapter-13: Intrusion Detection using WSNs.- Part III: Regular Topology.- Chapter-14: Coverage and Connectivity for Regular Deployments.- Chapter-15: Routing and Performance of Regular WSNs.- Chapter-16: Personal / Body Area Networks and Health-Care Applications.- Part IV: Security and Actuator issues.- Chapter-17: Authentication, Encryption, and Secured Communication.- Chapter-18: Interaction with Actuators and WSN Test-beds.- Part V: Research Directions.- Chapter-19: Application Specific Design Steps.- Chapter-20: Recent Advances.- Homework questions for each chapter.- Questions and Ideas for Design Projects.