A wireless sensor network (WSN), on the other hand, can reach up to hundreds of kilometres. Inspired by battlefield surveillance, WSNs consist of autonomous sensors spread across large areas.

A sensor network normally constitutes a wireless ad-hoc network, meaning that each sensor supports a multi-hop routing algorithm (several nodes may forward data packets to the base station).

Two new products extend the communication and measurement capabilities of the National Instruments wireless sensor network (WSN) platform. The NI 9792 is a programmable WSN gateway that can ...

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