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Real-Time Environmental Monitoring and Notification for Public Safety
April 2010 (vol. 17 no. 2)
pp. 4-11
Patricia Morreale, Kean University
Feng Qi, Kean University
Paul Croft, Kean University
Ryan Suleski, Kean University
Brian Sinnicke, Kean University
Francis Kendall, Kean University

Editor's Note

Researchers at Kean University describe their experience developing and deploying a real-time environmental monitoring and visualization system using a mesh network of wireless sensors. Challenges they addressed in their design of the Wireless Integrated Network Sensors (WiNS) application include issues associated with the data volume, latency, and data synchronization from individually clocked sensors.

Dorée Duncan Seligmann

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Index Terms:
wireless sensors, visualization, sensor networking, data analysis
Citation:
Patricia Morreale, Feng Qi, Paul Croft, Ryan Suleski, Brian Sinnicke, Francis Kendall, "Real-Time Environmental Monitoring and Notification for Public Safety," IEEE Multimedia, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 4-11, April 2010, doi:10.1109/MMUL.2010.37
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