{"title":"Rate Control to Reduce Bioeffects in Wireless Biomedical Sensor Networks","authors":"Hongliang Ren, M. Meng","doi":"10.1109/mobiq.2006.340442","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/mobiq.2006.340442","url":null,"abstract":"During the course of physiological information monitoring by wireless biomedical sensor networks, adverse biological effects will be caused by wireless radio frequency radiation, especially for long term, intensive and close inspection. This paper is concerned with bioeffect metric to evaluate the performance of wireless biosensor networks in terms of health effect consideration, and a price-based rate control algorithm to reduce the bioeffect. This paper first investigates the bioeffects caused by radiofrequency transmission of sensor node, including thermal effects and athermal effects. The bioeffects model is studied in both near-field and far-field, in relation to specific absorption rate (SAR). The main contribution of this work is that a normalized bioeffect metric, equivalent coefficient-of-absorption-and-bioeffects (CAB), is derived to evaluate and design the communication protocols for wireless biosensor networks. After identifying the factors that can reduce the adverse health effects in the communication system we present a bioeffect aware rate control algorithm for the system","PeriodicalId":440604,"journal":{"name":"2006 Third Annual International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Networking & Services","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125160992","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dynamic multiband antenna system for high capacity data communications to mobile platforms","authors":"C. Metz","doi":"10.1109/MOBIQW.2006.361787","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MOBIQW.2006.361787","url":null,"abstract":"A multiband phased array antenna solution is presented which allows to exceed capacity limitations of current fixed beam wireless transmission systems. Due to its small geometrical footprint the antenna lends itself especially for basestation and vehicular integration. For maximum diversity each band is covered by two orthogonal polarizations. A hybrid radiator feeding is introduced to adjust phase center separation and asymmetry of the primary radiation patterns. All crucial antenna parameters are discussed in view of their compatibility to legacy static beam hardware and their performance impact for the case that the array is deployed in a multichannel radio environment","PeriodicalId":440604,"journal":{"name":"2006 Third Annual International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Networking & Services","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129009197","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Distributed Reputation System for Tracking Applications in Sensor Networks","authors":"T. Roosta, M. Meingast, S. Sastry","doi":"10.1109/mobiq.2006.340449","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/mobiq.2006.340449","url":null,"abstract":"Ad-hoc sensor networks are becoming more common, yet security of these networks is still an issue. Node misbehavior due to malicious attacks can impair the overall functioning of the system. Existing approaches mainly rely on cryptography to ensure data authentication and integrity. These approaches only address part of the problem of security in sensor networks. However, cryptography is not sufficient to prevent the attacks in which some of the nodes are overtaken and compromised by a malicious user. Recently, the use of reputation systems has shown positive results as a self-policing mechanism in ad-hoc networks. This scheme can aid in decreasing vulnerabilities which are not solved by cryptography. We look at how a distributed reputation scheme can benefit the object tracking application in sensor networks. Tracking multiple objects is one of the most important applications of the sensor network. In our setup, nodes detect misbehavior locally from observations, and assign a reputation to each of their neighbors. These reputations are used to weight node readings appropriately when performing object tracking. Over time, data from malicious nodes will not be included in the track formation process. We evaluate the reputation system experimentally and demonstrate how it improves object tracking in the presence of malicious nodes","PeriodicalId":440604,"journal":{"name":"2006 Third Annual International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Networking & Services","volume":"347 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115893875","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Non-Inference: An Information Flow Control Model for Location-based Services","authors":"N. Ravi, M. Gruteser, L. Iftode","doi":"10.1109/MOBIQ.2006.340407","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MOBIQ.2006.340407","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a framework for preserving location privacy without affecting location accuracy. In this framework, services migrate a piece of code to a trusted server, which is assumed to have location information of all the interesting subjects. The code executes on the trusted server, reads location information and sends back results. We introduce Non-inference, a novel information-flow control model that guarantees that the code does not leak exact location information. We discuss the design, implementation and evaluation of a static program analysis technique that enforces non-inference for location based services","PeriodicalId":440604,"journal":{"name":"2006 Third Annual International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Networking & Services","volume":"03 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129151191","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Towards Balancing Medium Access Energy Trade-Offs in Wireless Sensor Networks","authors":"S. Goel, T. Elbatt, M. Srivastava","doi":"10.1109/mobiq.2006.340455","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/mobiq.2006.340455","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper we explore the design of multi-modal MAC for wireless ad hoc and sensor networks that dynamically adapt its behavior in order to minimize the energy to delivery ratio under a wide variety of network loads. The prime motivation is to balance the inherent trade-off between the energy wasted in collisions and the energy expended by collision avoidance handshake mechanisms. Towards this objective, the study goes through two phases. First, we explore the space of MAC modes subject to the constraint that different access schemes can inter-operate. Accordingly, we limit our attention to modes within the non-slotted random access paradigm. Second, we analyze, with the aid of detailed network simulations, the energy performance trade-offs of four variations of the CSMA/CA access scheme. Finally, we shed some light on the problem of dynamically switching between different modes depending on the network loading conditions and application QoS requirements. Initial results reveal interesting observations related to the energy/delivery contribution of channel reservation and single-hop acknowledgment packets under a wide variety of temporal network loads","PeriodicalId":440604,"journal":{"name":"2006 Third Annual International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Networking & Services","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124340666","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}