Clustering and routing protocols play a pivotal role in reducing energy consumption and extending the lifespan of wireless sensor networks. However, optimizing energy efficiency to maximize network ...

Cognitive radio sensor networks (CRSNs) are the result of the intelligent fusion of cognitive radio (CR) technology with wireless sensor networks (WSNs) 1, where CR technology permits nodes to ...

Two similar wireless protocols—WirelessHART, promulgated by the HART Communication Foundation (www.hartcomm.org) and ISA 100.11a, promulgated by the International Society of Automation ...

Wireless networks can serve mobile devices up to 76% faster through the novel use of accelerometers, GPS locators, gyroscopes and compasses that come standard on iPhones, iPads and other smartphones ...

Optimizing automated equipment condition monitoring calls for a different wireless network protocol than that used with process instruments. Manufacturers of all sorts have long sought a balance ...

Implementing applications with wireless networking is becoming commonplace. From consumer devices to industrial applications, there is a growing expectation that our devices will have built-in the ...

Why there’s a need for common standards for wireless communication in smart-home applications. The pros and cons of wireless network protocols, including Zigbee, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Matter, Thread, and ...

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are becoming big business. U.S.-based analyst Harbor Research predicts the number of wireless devices and sensors shipped in 2010 will be almost 200 million, while ABI ...

Blasting solutions company Davey Bickford Enaex, with help from French research center CEA-Leti, has developed a wireless two-way communications system to remotely control electronic detonators in ...

At its annual hardware event in Seattle, Amazon today announced Sidewalk, a new low-bandwidth, long-distance wireless protocol the company is developing to connect all of the IoT devices in and around ...

The IoT is a global network consisting of networked things and provides the concept of seamless communication at any time, in any location and with any device. These “things” can be physical or ...

As consumers watch another wave of home IoT devices emerge from CES this week, they’ll still be waiting for one technology that can make all those products work together. The ZigBee Alliance, a group ...