Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks: Applications, Protocols, and Standards [Book News]

This book offers an in-depth state of the art in sensor network technologies for industry applications while also dealing with emerging and already deployed industrial WSN applications and technologies. It is divided into 16 chapters: Applications of Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks; Machine Condition Monitoring with Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks; Wireless Sensor Networks for Intelligent Transportation Applications; Design Challenges and Objectives in Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks; Resource Management and Scheduling in WSNs Powered by Ambient Energy Harvesting; Energy Harvesting Techniques for Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks; Fault Tolerant Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks; Network Architectures for Delay Critical Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks; Network Synchronization in Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks; Wireless Control Networks with Real-Time Constraints; Medium Access Control and Routing in Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks; QoS-Aware Routing for Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks; Reliable and Robust Communications in Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks; and Network Security in Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks.