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A Survey on Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks

Overview The availability of low-cost hardware such as CMOS cameras and microphones has fostered the development of Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks (WMSNs), i.e., networks of wirelessly interconnected devices that are able to ubiquitously retrieve multimedia content such as video and audio streams, still images, and scalar sensor data from the environment. In this paper, the state of the art in algorithms, protocols, and hardware for wireless multimedia sensor networks is surveyed, and open research issues are discussed in detail. Architectures for WMSNs are explored, along with their advantages and drawbacks. Currently off-the-shelf hardware as well as available research prototypes for WMSNs are listed and classified.

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Publisher	Reed Elsevier	File Format	PDF
Date Published	October 2006	Downloads	6
Format	White Papers
Topics	Multimedia, Security Management, Mobile - Wireless Communications

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