Recent Advances and Challenges in Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) Akyildiz et al. (2002), Zhao & Guibas (2009) are formed of spatially distributed autonomous sensor nodes (motes). They are deployed in an environment where they can be used to monitor environmental conditions in collaboration, and communicate with each other through the wireless links. Several applications that are used in different areas have been outlined in the literature, such as, medical applications for monitoring patients Shnayder et al. (2005), monitoring mission critical environments, e.g., volcanic eruptions Werner-Allen et al. (2005), monitoring the structural integrity of buildings/towers Ceriotti et al. (2009) and several other multimedia applications.