Scalable Coordination for Wireless Sensor Networks: Self-Configuring Localization Systems. Bulusu, N., Estrin, D., Girod, L., & Heidemann, J. In Proceedings of the 6thIEEE International Symposium on Communication Theory and Application, pages to appear, St. Martin's College, Ambleside, Cumbria, UK, July, 2001. IEEE.
Scalable Coordination for Wireless Sensor Networks: Self-Configuring Localization Systems [link]Paper  abstract   bibtex   
Pervasive networks of micro-sensors and actuators offer to revolutionize the ways in which we understand and construct complex physical systems. Sensor networks must be scalable, long-lived and robust systems, overcoming energy limitations and a lack of pre-installed infrastructure. We explore three themes in the design of self-configuring sensor networks: tuning density to trade operational quality against lifetime; using multiple sensor modalities to obtain robust measurements; and exploiting fixed environmental characteristics. We illustrate these themes through the problem of localization, which is a key building block for sensor systems that itself requires coordination.
@InProceedings{Bulusu01c,
	  author = 	"Nirupama Bulusu and Deborah Estrin and Lewis Girod and John Heidemann",
	  title = "Scalable Coordination for Wireless Sensor
			   Networks: Self-Configuring Localization Systems",
	  booktitle = 	"Proceedings of the " # "6th" # " IEEE International Symposium on Communication Theory and Application",
	  year = 		2001,
	  sortdate = "2001-07-01",
	project = "ilense, scadds, scowr",
	jsubject = "sensornet_localization",
	  publisher =	"IEEE",
	  address =	"St.~Martin's College, Ambleside, Cumbria, UK",
	  month =		jul,
	  pages =		"to appear",
	  location =	"johnh: folder: xxx",
	  location =	"johnh: pafile",
	  keywords =	"sensor network design themes, density matters
			   (but not heap or strobe), localization",
	  otherurl =		"http://lecs.cs.ucla.edu/%7egirod/papers/iscta-2001.ps",
	  url =		"http://www.isi.edu/%7ejohnh/PAPERS/Bulusu01c.html",
	  psurl =		"http://www.isi.edu/%7ejohnh/PAPERS/Bulusu01c.ps.gz",
	  pdfurl =		"http://www.isi.edu/%7ejohnh/PAPERS/Bulusu01c.pdf",
	  copyrightholder = "authors", 
	  myorganization =	"USC/Information Sciences Institute",
	  abstract = "
  Pervasive networks of micro-sensors and actuators offer to
  revolutionize the ways in which we understand and construct complex
  physical systems. Sensor networks must be scalable, long-lived and
  robust systems, overcoming energy limitations and a lack of
  pre-installed infrastructure. We explore three themes in the design of
  self-configuring sensor networks: tuning density to trade operational
  quality against lifetime; using multiple sensor modalities to obtain
  robust measurements; and exploiting fixed environmental
  characteristics. We illustrate these themes through the problem of
  localization, which is a key building block for sensor systems that
  itself requires coordination.
  ",
}

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