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	Introduction - perceive the world like never before
	A toolbox for enhancing security in wire- less sensor networks
	Networked automotive scenarios
	Interview - Sensor networks will change our life

Eurescom mess@ge 3/2006 (November)

Wireless Sensor Networks
 

Did you know that 98 percent of all processors are not in traditional desktop computer systems, but in mobile devices, household appliances, vehicles, and machines? Only a small percentage of these devices are networked.

This gives you a rough idea of the vast scope for pervasive networking. One area in the networked world of the future, which offers particularly promising opportunities, is wireless sensor networks. Given the recent technological advances and the almost limitless application opportunities, the time is  right to present wireless sensor networks as a cover theme.

Introduction - Perceive the world like never before
In his opening article to the cover theme, Eurescom mess@ge editor Uwe Herzog provides an overview on technology and applications of wireless sensor networks.

A toolbox for enhancing security in wireless sensor networks
NEC’s Dirk Westhoff presents the state of the art and insights from EU research project UbiSec&Sens.

Networked automotive scenarios
Eurescom mess@ge editor Anastasius Gavras explains how wireless sensor networks can be applied in automotive scenarios.

Interview - Sensor networks will change our life
We interviewed Holger Karl and Karl Aberer, two of the leading researchers in the area of wireless sensor networks, about the development of wireless sensor networks.
 

IN FOCUS

EUROPEAN ISSUES

FP7 - The research agenda for European competitiveness
This year the European Union will decide on investing more than 50,000 million euro for the period 2007–2013 to support research in Europe. Eurescom director David Kennedy analyses and comments FP7 from a telecoms perspective

Beyond the Internet Protocol - Revolution or evolution?
The Internet architecture and its protocols are currently the targeted technology for future operator business. Hans Joachim Einsiedler from  Deutsche Telekom Laboratories argues that the current Internet plane environment is complex and cannot provide such services in an easy way. Therefore, fundamental new techniques have to be invented to decrease the complexity.

A BIT BEYOND

Rose scent on the Internet
Multimedia is entering a new dimension. Our eyes and ears are already exposed to digital text, photos, sounds, and videos. Now digital media are about to grab our noses as well.  Read the article by Milon Gupta to find out more about the latest odour recorder from Japan.

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