Concepts and evolution of research in the field of wireless sensor networks

TL;DR

This paper reviews the recent developments and open research issues in Wireless Sensor Networks, highlighting their importance, applications, and ongoing challenges despite resource constraints.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of recent literature and identifies key open research questions in the evolving field of WSNs.

Findings

Growing research contributions despite resource constraints

Increasing importance of WSNs in various applications

Identification of open research issues

Abstract

The field of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) is experiencing a resurgence of interest and a continuous evolution in the scientific and industrial community. The use of this particular type of ad hoc network is becoming increasingly important in many contexts, regardless of geographical position and so, according to a set of possible application. WSNs offer interesting low cost and easily deployable solutions to perform a remote real time monitoring, target tracking and recognition of physical phenomenon. The uses of these sensors organized into a network continue to reveal a set of research questions according to particularities target applications. Despite difficulties introduced by sensor resources constraints, research contributions in this field are growing day by day. In this paper, we present a comprehensive review of most recent literature of WSNs and outline open research issues in this field.