Abstract

Wireless distributed microsensor systems will enable the reliable monitoring and control of a variety of applications that range from medical and home security to machine diagnosis, chemical/biological detection and other military applications. The sensors have to be designed in a highly integrated fashion, optimizing across all levels of system abstraction, with the goal of minimizing energy dissipation. This paper addresses some of the key design considerations for future microsensor systems including the network protocols required for collaborative sensing and information distribution, system partitioning considering computation and communication costs, low energy electronics, power system design and energy harvesting techniques.

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Computer scienceWireless sensor networkAbstractionKey (lock)WirelessEnergy harvestingSystems designDistributed computingElectronicsVariety (cybernetics)Embedded systemEnergy (signal processing)EngineeringComputer networkElectrical engineeringTelecommunicationsComputer security

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2003
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279-286
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338
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Anantha P. Chandrakasan, Rajeevan Amirtharajah, SeongHwan Cho et al. (2003). Design considerations for distributed microsensor systems. , 279-286. https://doi.org/10.1109/cicc.1999.777291

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10.1109/cicc.1999.777291