IEEE 802.15.4 and ZigBee as Enabling Technologies for Low-Power Wireless Systems with Quality-of-Service Constraints

• Main Authors: Tennina, Stefano. (Author), Koubá, Anis. (Author), Daidone, Roberta. (Author), Alves, Mr̀io. (Author), Jur k̕, Petr. (Author), Severino, Ricardo. (Author), Tiloca, Marco. (Author), Hauer, Jan-Hinrich. (Author), Pereira, Nuno. (Author), Dini, Gianluca. (Author), Bouroche, Mľanie. (Author), Tovar, Eduardo. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Electrical and Computer Engineering,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Telecommunication.; Communications Engineering, Networks.; Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet).; Signal, Image and Speech Processing.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37368-8

This book outlines the most important characteristics of IEEE 802.15.4 and ZigBee and how they can be used to engineer Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) systems and applications, with a particular focus on Quality-of-Service (QoS) aspects. It starts by providing a snapshot of the most relevant features...

Table of Contents:

• Part I IEEE802.15.4 and ZigBee protocols and implementations
• 1 Snap shot of the IEEE802.15.4 and ZigBee protocols
• 2 Protocol implementations
• 3 Models and tools
• 4 Performance analysis and network dimensioning
• Part II Quality of Service amendments
• 5 Amendments to the IEEE802.15.4 protocol
• 6 Amendments to the ZigBee protocol
• Part III System architectures and applications
• 7 Structural health monitoring
• 8 Environmental monitoring
• 9 Energy-efficiency in Data Centers
• 10 Conclusions.