TY - CHAP AU - Rocio Arroyo-Valles AU - Antonio G. Marques AU - Jesus Cid-Sueiro ED - Anna Foerster ED - Alexander Foerster Y1 - 2011-02-07 PY - 2011 T1 - Energy-Aware Selective Communications in Sensor Networks N2 - Wireless sensor networks are deployed in a rapidly increasing number of arenas, with uses ranging from healthcare monitoring to industrial and environmental safety, as well as new ubiquitous computing devices that are becoming ever more pervasive in our interconnected society. This book presents a range of exciting developments in software communication technologies including some novel applications, such as in high altitude systems, ground heat exchangers and body sensor networks. Authors from leading institutions on four continents present their latest findings in the spirit of exchanging information and stimulating discussion in the WSN community worldwide. BT - Emerging Communications for Wireless Sensor Networks SP - Ch. 8 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/10515 DO - 10.5772/10515 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-03-28 ER -