Distributed Computing In Sensor Systems: First Ieee International Conference, Dcoss 2005, Marina Del Rey, Ca, Usa, June 30 -july 1, 2005 : Proceedings Dcoss 2005

The book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems, DCOSS 2005, held in Marina del Rey, California, USA in June/July 2005. The 26 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 85 submissions; also included are the abstracts of 3 invited talks, 2 short papers, 9 invited poster abstracts, and 10 contributed abstracts.The papers address all current aspects of distributed computing issues in large-scale networked sensor systems, including systematic design techniques and tools, algorithms, and applications. Front Matter....Pages - Algorithmic Problems in Ad Hoc Networks....Pages 1-1 Five Challenges in Wide-Area Sensor Systems....Pages 2-2 Challenges in Programming Sensor Networks....Pages 3-3 Distributed Proximity Maintenance in Ad Hoc Mobile Networks....Pages 4-19 Adaptive Triangular Deployment Algorithm for Unattended Mobile Sensor Networks....Pages 20-34 An Adaptive Blind Algorithm for Energy Balanced Data Propagation in Wireless Sensors Networks....Pages 35-48 Sensor Localization in an Obstructed Environment....Pages 49-62 Stably Computable Properties of Network Graphs....Pages 63-74 Routing Explicit Side Information for Data Compression in Wireless Sensor Networks....Pages 75-88 Database-Centric Programming for Wide-Area Sensor Systems....Pages 89-108 Using Clustering Information for Sensor Network Localization....Pages 109-125 Macro-programming Wireless Sensor Networks Using Kairos ....Pages 126-140 Sensor Network Calculus – A Framework for Worst Case Analysis....Pages 141-154 Design and Comparison of Lightweight Group Management Strategies in EnviroSuite....Pages 155-172 Design of Adaptive Overlays for Multi-scale Communication in Sensor Networks....Pages 173-190 Fault-Tolerant Self-organization in Sensor Networks....Pages 191-205 TARA: Thermal-Aware Routing Algorithm for Implanted Sensor Networks....Pages 206-217 Multiresolutional Filtering of a Class of Dynamic Multiscale System Subject to Colored State Equation Noise....Pages 218-227 Design and Analysis of Wave Sensing Scheduling Protocols for Object-Tracking Applications....Pages 228-243 Multiple Controlled Mobile Elements (Data Mules) for Data Collection in Sensor Networks....Pages 244-257 Analysis of Gradient-Based Routing Protocols in Sensor Networks....Pages 258-275 Analysis of Target Detection Performance for Wireless Sensor Networks....Pages 276-292 Collaborative Sensing Using Sensors of Uncoordinated Mobility....Pages 293-306 Multi-query Optimization for Sensor Networks....Pages 307-321 Distributed Energy-Efficient Hierarchical Clustering for Wireless Sensor Networks....Pages 322-339 A Distributed Greedy Algorithm for Connected Sensor Cover in Dense Sensor Networks....Pages 340-353 Infrastructure-Establishment from Scratch in Wireless Sensor Networks....Pages 354-367 A Local Facility Location Algorithm for Sensor Networks....Pages 368-375 jWebDust : A Java-Based Generic Application Environment for Wireless Sensor Networks....Pages 376-386 Networked Active Sensing of Structures....Pages 387-388 Wireless Technologies for Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM) in Petroleum Plants....Pages 389-390 SensorNet Operational Prototypes: Building Wide-Area Interoperable Sensor Networks – Extended Abstract....Pages 391-392 Project ExScal....Pages 393-394 NetRad: Distributed, Collaborative and Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere Calibration and Initial Benchmarks....Pages 395-396 Service-Oriented Computing in Sensor Networks....Pages 397-398 Wireless Sensors: Oyster Habitat Monitoring in the Bras d’Or Lakes....Pages 399-400 Heavy Industry Applications of Sensornets....Pages 401-402 Coordinated Static and Mobile Sensing for Environmental Monitoring....Pages 403-405 Ayushman: A Wireless Sensor Network Based Health Monitoring Infrastructure and Testbed....Pages 406-407 Studying Upper Bounds on Sensor Network Lifetime by Genetic Clustering....Pages 408-408 Sensor Network Coverage Restoration....Pages 409-409 A Biologically-Inspired Data-Centric Communication Protocol for Sensor Networks....Pages 410-411 RAGOBOT: A New Platform for Wireless Mobile Sensor Networks....Pages 412-412 Energy Conservation Stratedgy for Sensor Networks....Pages 413-413 Meteorological Phenomena Measurement System Based on Embedded System and Wireless Network....Pages 414-414 An Architecture Model for Supporting Power Saving Services for Mobile Ad-Hoc Wireless Networks....Pages 415-416 Distributed Recovery Units for Demodulation in Wireless Sensor Networks....Pages 417-419 System Integration Using Embedded Web Server and Wireless Communication....Pages 420-420 Back Matter....Pages - "This volume contains the papers presented at the 1st IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS 2005), which took place in Marina del Rey, California, from June 30 to July 1, 2005."