Standards and Safety Regulations for WSNs

The use of any technology requires that its users be confident of both its usefulness and its safety. In an effort to guarantee this, standardization bodies around the world generate standards to be followed by product manufacturers. When dealing with electronic communications systems such as WSNs, issues such as electromagnetic compatibility, the safety of their operation, the confidentiality and security of private information, and environmental awareness are of great practical importance. This chapter reviews how these safety issues apply to WSNs and presents some of the significant European regulations on this matter together with some notes on the open issues that may have to be treated in possible future standards.