Includes bibliographical references.

1. Introduction and overview of wireless sensor networks / Seema Ansari, Syeda Fariha Hasnain and Adeel Ansari -- 2. Topology management in wireless sensor networks / Chiranjib Patra ... [et al.] -- 3. On network management of wireless sensor networks: challenges, solutions and research trends / Sana Khan and Sheikh Tahir Bakhsh -- 4. Interoperability in wireless sensor networks based on IEEE 1451 standard / Jorge Higuera and Jose Polo -- 5. Literature review of MAC, routing and cross layer design protocols for WSN / Tayseer A. Al-Khdour and Uthman Baroudi -- 6. A taxonomy of routing techniques in underwater wireless sensor networks / Muhammad Ayaz, Azween Abdullah and Ibrahima Faye -- 7. Wireless sensor network testbeds: a survey / Khalid El-Darymli and Mohamed H. Ahmed -- 8. Mitigation of hot spots on wireless sensor networks: techniques, approaches and future directions / Fernando Gielow, Michele Nogueira and Aldri Santos -- 9. Node localization: issues, challenges and future perspectives in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) / Noor Zaman, Azween Abdullah and Muneer Ahmed -- 10. Energy efficient routing protocols in wireless sensor networks: a survey / Vasaki Ponnusamy, Azween Abdullah and Alan G. Downe -- 11. Cooperative diversity techniques for energy efficient wireless sensor networks / Tommy Hult and Abbas Mohammed -- 12. Energy efficient communication in wireless sensor networks / Nauman Israr --

13. Using multi-objective particle swarm optimization for energy-efficient clustering in wireless sensor networks / Hamid Ali, Waseem Shahzad and Farrukh Aslam Khan -- 14. Wireless sensor networks: data packet size optimization / Low Tang Jung and Azween Abdullah -- 15. Reducing complexity and achieving higher energy efficiency in wireless sensor network communications by using high altitude platforms / Zhe Yang and Abbas Mohammed -- 16. Wireless sensor network: quality of service QoS issues and challenges / Noor Zaman, Azween Abdullah and Khalid Ragab -- 17. Low complexity processor designs for energy-efficient security and error correction in wireless sensor networks / J. H. Kong ... [et al.] -- 18. Medium access control protocols for wireless sensor networks: design space, challenges, and future directions / Pardeep Kumar and Mesut Gunes -- 19. Routing optimization and secure target tracking in distributed wireless sensor networks / Majdi Mansouri ... [et al.] -- 20. Improved energy-efficient ant-based routing algorithm in wireless sensor networks / Adamu Murtala Zungeru ... [et al.] -- 21. Event based data gathering in wireless sensor networks / Asfandyar Khan, Azween Abdullah and Nurul Hasan -- 22. A game theoretical approach to design: a MAC protocol for wireless sensor networks / S. Mehta, B. H. Kim and K.S. Kwak -- 23. Geometric structures for routing decision in wireless sensor networks / Alok Kumar and Shirshu Varma --

24. An outline of security in wireless sensor networks: threats, countermeasures and implementations / M. Yasir Malik -- 25. Wireless sensor network to support intelligent transport systems / H Ranganathan -- 26. Middleware systems for sensor network: a study on different middleware systems / Nova Ahmed -- 27. A grid-based localization technique for forest fire surveillance in wireless sensor networks: design, analysis, and experiment / Thu Nga Le, Xue Jun Li and Peter Han Joo Chong.

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