 | Low-Rate Wireless Personal Area Networks: Enabling Wireless Sensors with IEEE 802.15.4 Subjects: Communication Networking and Broadcast Technologies; Components Circuits Devices and Systems; Computing and Processing; Signal Processing and Analysis; This Second Edition of Low-Rate Wireless Personal Area Networks:Enabling Wireless Sensors with IEEE 802.15.4 is the newesthandbook in the IEEE Standards Wireless Networks Series. Thisupdated book now includes detailed information from the revisedIEEE Std 802.15.4-2006, which includes the amendment IEEE802.15.4b. IEEE Std 802.15.4 was developed to address low-cost andlow-power design to enable applications in the fields ofindustrial, agricultural, vehicular, residential, and medicalsensors and actuators. This book offers the reader an insider'sview of the standard. Features include an overview of the standard,the motivation and vision behind it, background on the technology,technical features and components, application scenarios, andmaterial not covered in the standard related to the network layerfunctionality for applications. The book also focuses onimplementation and system design considerations, including ananalysis of system-level, real-world issues that will be importantfor prospective implementers to consider. Presented in a conciseand easy to read format by experts intimately involved in thedevelopment and writing of the standard, this guide is aninvaluable resource to the standard for those interested in thefield of "simple" wireless connectivity. Low-Rate WirelessPersonal Area Networks, 2nd Edition , is a must read for anyone who wants to fully understand the inner-workings andpossibilities of the IEEE 802.15.4 standard. Jose Gutierrez is Corporate Director of Technology atEmerson Electric, leading a wide range of technology activitiesthat include the use of wireless sensor networks in the industrialenvironment. He received the B.S. degree in electronic engineeringfrom Universidad Simon Bolivar in Caracas, Venezuela, in 1991, theM.S. in electrical engineering from the University ofMilwaukee-Wisconsin, in 2001, and the Ph.D. degree from the sameuniversity in 2005. Dr. Gutierrez was the Editor-in-Chief of theIEEE 802.15.4 Working Group, Task Group 4, focused on thedevelopment of Low-Rate Wireless Personal Area Networks. Edgar Callaway, Jr. received the B.S. degree inmathematics and the M.S.E.E. degree from the University of Floridain 1979 and 1983, respectively, the M.B.A. degree from Nova (nowNova-Southeastern) University in 1987, and the Ph.D. degree incomputer engineering from Florida Atlantic University in 2002. In2000, he joined Motorola Labs where his interests include thedesign of low-power wireless networks. Raymond Barrett, Jr. recieved the B.S.E.E. degree fromCase Institute of Technology (now Case-Western University) in 1966,the M.S. in computer science and M.B.A. degrees from Nova (nowNova-Southeastern) University in 1983 and 1982, respectively, andthe Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Florida AtlanticUniversity in 1990. He is presently a Principal Member of theTechnical Staff with MAXIM Integrated Products working on portableproducts. |
