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S. Khan 1 and Jaime Lloret 2 and Elsa Macias-López 3
1, Institute of Information Technology, Kohat University of Science and Technology (KUST), Kohat 26000, Pakistan
2, Instituto de Investigación para la Gestión Integrada de Zonas Costeras, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
3, Department of Telematics Engineering, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria University, Campus Universitario de Tafira, 35017 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Received 2 December 2014; Accepted 2 December 2014; 8 March 2015
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Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are gaining significant interest of academia and industry. Multihop wireless networks are self-organizing and self-healing with cost effective deployment and maintenance, yet a lot needs to be done in terms of efficient and robust solutions. WSN has been an interesting area of research in the last years for various disciplines. WSN is the most appropriate choice for different environments monitoring. There are many protocols and algorithms based on natural behaviors that are able to sense data and take decisions.
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