China's National Research Project on Wireless Sensor Networks

This talk will give an overview of the 5-year National Basic Research Program of China (also known as the 973 Program) on Wireless Sensor Networks that was launched in September 2006 and sponsored by the Ministry of Science and Technology. This national research project involves researchers from many major universities in China and Hong Kong, and aims to tackle fundamental research issues rising in three major application domains: coal mine surveillance, water pollution monitoring, and traffic monitoring and control. The distinctive feature of this project is that it will present a systematic study of wireless sensor networks, from node platform development, core protocol design and system solution development to critical problems. This talk will address the research challenges, current progress, and future plans.