Wireless sensor networks have been identified as one of the key technologies for the 21st century. In order to overcome their limitations such as fault tolerance and conservation of energy, we propose a middleware sol...Wireless sensor networks have been identified as one of the key technologies for the 21st century. In order to overcome their limitations such as fault tolerance and conservation of energy, we propose a middleware solution, In-Motes. In-Motes stands as a fault tolerant platform for deploying and monitoring applications in real time offers a number of possibilities for the end user giving him in parallel the freedom to experiment with various parameters, in an effort the deployed applications to run in an energy efficient manner inside the network. The proposed scheme is evaluated through the In-Motes EYE application, aiming to test its merits under real time conditions. In-Motes EYE application which is an agent based real time In-Motes application developed for sensing acceleration variations in an environment. The application was tested in a prototype area, road alike, for a period of four months.展开更多
Sensor networks are dense wireless networks of small, low-cost sensors, which collect and disseminate en-vironmental data. Wireless sensor networks facilitate monitoring and controlling of physical environments from r...Sensor networks are dense wireless networks of small, low-cost sensors, which collect and disseminate en-vironmental data. Wireless sensor networks facilitate monitoring and controlling of physical environments from remote locations with better accuracy. They have applications in a variety of fields such as environ-mental monitoring;military purposes and gathering sensing information in inhospitable locations. Sensor nodes have various energy and computational constraints because of their inexpensive nature and adhoc method of deployment. Considerable research has been focused at overcoming these deficiencies through more energy efficient routing, localization algorithms and system design. Our survey presents the funda-mentals of wireless sensor network, thus providing the necessary background required for understanding the organization, functionality and limitations of those networks. The middleware solution is also investigated through a critical presentation and analysis of some of the most well established approaches.展开更多
Mode-locked lasers emitting a train of femtosecond pulses called dissipative solitons are an enabling technology for metrology,high-resolution spectroscopy,fibre optic communications,nano-optics and many other fields ...Mode-locked lasers emitting a train of femtosecond pulses called dissipative solitons are an enabling technology for metrology,high-resolution spectroscopy,fibre optic communications,nano-optics and many other fields of science and applications.Recently,the vector nature of dissipative solitons has been exploited to demonstrate mode locked lasing with both locked and rapidly evolving states of polarisation.Here,for an erbium-doped fibre laser mode locked with carbon nanotubes,we demonstrate the first experimental and theoretical evidence of a new class of slowly evolving vector solitons characterized by a double-scroll chaotic polarisation attractor substantially different from Lorenz,Ro¨ssler and Ikeda strange attractors.The underlying physics comprises a long time scale coherent coupling of two polarisation modes.The observed phenomena,apart from the fundamental interest,provide a base for advances in secure communications,trapping and manipulation of atoms and nanoparticles,control of magnetisation in data storage devices and many other areas.展开更多
文摘Wireless sensor networks have been identified as one of the key technologies for the 21st century. In order to overcome their limitations such as fault tolerance and conservation of energy, we propose a middleware solution, In-Motes. In-Motes stands as a fault tolerant platform for deploying and monitoring applications in real time offers a number of possibilities for the end user giving him in parallel the freedom to experiment with various parameters, in an effort the deployed applications to run in an energy efficient manner inside the network. The proposed scheme is evaluated through the In-Motes EYE application, aiming to test its merits under real time conditions. In-Motes EYE application which is an agent based real time In-Motes application developed for sensing acceleration variations in an environment. The application was tested in a prototype area, road alike, for a period of four months.
文摘Sensor networks are dense wireless networks of small, low-cost sensors, which collect and disseminate en-vironmental data. Wireless sensor networks facilitate monitoring and controlling of physical environments from remote locations with better accuracy. They have applications in a variety of fields such as environ-mental monitoring;military purposes and gathering sensing information in inhospitable locations. Sensor nodes have various energy and computational constraints because of their inexpensive nature and adhoc method of deployment. Considerable research has been focused at overcoming these deficiencies through more energy efficient routing, localization algorithms and system design. Our survey presents the funda-mentals of wireless sensor network, thus providing the necessary background required for understanding the organization, functionality and limitations of those networks. The middleware solution is also investigated through a critical presentation and analysis of some of the most well established approaches.
基金Support of the ERC,EPSRC(project UNLOC,EP/J017582/1)FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IAPP(project GRIFFON,No.324391)is acknowledged.
文摘Mode-locked lasers emitting a train of femtosecond pulses called dissipative solitons are an enabling technology for metrology,high-resolution spectroscopy,fibre optic communications,nano-optics and many other fields of science and applications.Recently,the vector nature of dissipative solitons has been exploited to demonstrate mode locked lasing with both locked and rapidly evolving states of polarisation.Here,for an erbium-doped fibre laser mode locked with carbon nanotubes,we demonstrate the first experimental and theoretical evidence of a new class of slowly evolving vector solitons characterized by a double-scroll chaotic polarisation attractor substantially different from Lorenz,Ro¨ssler and Ikeda strange attractors.The underlying physics comprises a long time scale coherent coupling of two polarisation modes.The observed phenomena,apart from the fundamental interest,provide a base for advances in secure communications,trapping and manipulation of atoms and nanoparticles,control of magnetisation in data storage devices and many other areas.
