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Fault Tolerance in ZigBee Wireless Sensor Networks

Fault Tolerance in ZigBee Wireless Sensor Networks

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) based on the IEEE 802.15.4 Personal Area Network standard are finding increasing use in the home automation and... Read more

25 April, 2011
SET: Session Layer-Assisted Efficient TCP Management Architecture for 6LoWPAN with Multiple Gateways

SET: Session Layer-Assisted Efficient TCP Management Architecture for 6LoWPAN with Multiple Gateways

6LoWPAN (IPv6 based Low-Power Personal Area Network) is a protocol specification that facilitates communication of IPv6 packets... Read more

15 September, 2010
Cognitive MAC Protocol With Transmission Tax: Dynamically Adjusting Sensing and Data Performance

Cognitive MAC Protocol With Transmission Tax: Dynamically Adjusting Sensing and Data Performance

Efficient operation of a Cognitive Personal Area Network (CPAN) may be achieved if each data transmission is taxed... Read more

1 June, 2010
A Review on Security Mechanism of Bluetooth Communication

A Review on Security Mechanism of Bluetooth Communication

...a survey on security mechanism used in Bluetooth communication. Bluetooth is the Personal Area Network (PAN).It is the kind of wireless Ad hoc network... Read more

15 March, 2012
Securing Wireless Bluetooth Sensor Systems

Securing Wireless Bluetooth Sensor Systems

...been evaluated. The sensor system is light weight and has interoperability with Personal Area Network (PAN) and the architecture has been implemented by adopting an... Read more

14 October, 2011
Enabling Vehicular Visible Light Communication (V2LC) Networks

Enabling Vehicular Visible Light Communication (V2LC) Networks

...Communications Consortium, the IEEE task group, 802.15.7, standardizing VLC for personal area network etc. The broad interest originates from the advantages VLC brings... Read more

14 July, 2011
Evaluation of a Heterogeneous Sensor Network Architecture for Highly Mobile Users

Evaluation of a Heterogeneous Sensor Network Architecture for Highly Mobile Users

...architecture, which is a combination of a wireless sensor network and a personal area network. The proposed architecture uses the IEEE 802.15.4 standard... Read more

1 May, 2011
MobiCon: Mobile Context Monitoring Platform for Sensor-Rich Dynamic Environments

MobiCon: Mobile Context Monitoring Platform for Sensor-Rich Dynamic Environments

...new mobile context monitoring platform to support emerging pervasive applications in a Personal Area Network (PAN)-scale dynamic mobile computing environment. Composed of a mobile... Read more

1 December, 2010
eController 3.4.0

eController 3.4.0

...from your iPhone or iPod Touch. Building on a vision of the Personal Area Network, the eController offers evolution in the control of many personal... Read more

24 September, 2010
An Application-Oriented Network Model for Wireless Sensor Networks

An Application-Oriented Network Model for Wireless Sensor Networks

...WSNs. Moreover, network model is an important foundation of RERM research at Personal Area Network (PAN) level. Because RERM is inherently application-oriented, the net... Read more

1 September, 2010
Antennas for Base Stations in Wireless Communications by Zhi Ning Chen 3.0.1

Antennas for Base Stations in Wireless Communications by Zhi Ning Chen 3.0.1

...antennas Optimize antenna designs for WLAN (WiFi) applications Design antennas for Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN) applications, including RFID and UWB About Iceberg The Iceberg... Read more

26 August, 2010
A Survey on Topology for Bluetooth Based Personal Area Networks

A Survey on Topology for Bluetooth Based Personal Area Networks

...Piconets form the fundamental architectural unit in WPANs. Bluetooth is a Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN) technology, which enables devices to connect and communicate via... Read more

1 July, 2010
Cross-Layer Resource Allocation Scheme Under Heterogeneous Constraints for Next Generation High Rate WPAN

Cross-Layer Resource Allocation Scheme Under Heterogeneous Constraints for Next Generation High Rate WPAN

...systems in the context of Future Home Networks, i.e. the Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN Read more

1 July, 2010

Countdown begins for Bluetooth

Timing is crucial for Bluetooth's success, an industry leader will tell developers this week - if it takes more than five minutes to set up a connection, the technology is doomed Read more

10 December, 2002 by Ben Charny

Powerful Bluetooth

Is there anything more irritating than the latest office faux pas? I'm referring, of course, to the idiot who marches off to the smoking room or the toilet or to buy a sandwich, leaving his cellular phone lying on his desk, ringing and ringing and ringing. Read more

8 January, 2001 by Guy Kewney

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