Title: A survey on wireless sensor network (applications and architecture)

Authors: Ranjan Kumar Mahapatra; Yajunath Kaliyath; N.S.V. Shet; Soumya Ranjan Mahapatro; Gnane Swarnadh Satapathi; Sankata Bhanjan Prusty; B. Shivalal Patro

Addresses: Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, A J Institute of Engineering and Technology, Karnataka, India ' Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, The National Institute of Engineering, Mysuru, Karnataka, India ' Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, Karnataka, India ' School of Electronics Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, India ' Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, A J Institute of Engineering and Technology, Karnataka, India ' School of Electronics, Reva University, Bangalore, Karnataka, India ' School of Electronics, KIIT (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, India

Abstract: Proliferation of the wireless sensor network is due to the advancement in wireless networks, information technologies, miniaturisation of sensors as well as convergence of MEMS technology, wireless communication and digital electronics. These wireless networks interface the physical world to the computing (virtual) world. In recent years, the availability of smaller, cheaper and intelligent sensors on a large scale has motivated the deployment of sensors in various applications such as smart city, smart home, smart grid, automated vehicles, etc. The sensor plays an important role in internet of things. This survey reports current research activities, applications, characteristics, architecture and case study of WSNs. In addition to this open research issues/problems are discussed. The aim is to present a comprehensive study of the literature on several aspects of wireless sensor network such as application and architecture.

Keywords: wireless sensor network; WSN; architecture; protocol; localisation.

DOI: 10.1504/IJCNDS.2024.137085

International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems, 2024 Vol.30 No.2, pp.136 - 201

Received: 24 Jan 2023
Accepted: 14 Apr 2023
Published online: 01 Mar 2024 *

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