Issues in Wireless Sensor Networks

In recent years there has been a growing interest in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN). Recent advancements in the field of sensing, computing and communications have attracted research efforts and huge investments from various quarters in the field of WSN. Also sensing networks will reveal previously unobserved phenomena. The various areas where major research activities going on in the field of WSN are deployment, localization, synchronization, data aggregation, dissemination, database querying, architecture, middleware, security, designing less power consuming devices, abstractions and higher level algorithms for sensor specific issues. This paper provides an overview of ongoing research activities, various design issues involved and possible solutions incorporating these issues. This paper provides a cursory look at each and every topic in WSN and our main aim is to introduce a newbie to the field of WSN and make him understand the various topics of interest available for research.

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