The Embedded WiSeNts Project has released a detailed report that presents an in-depth critical survey of a number of advanced research platforms for wireless sensor networks. Autored by experienced developers on each of the respective solutions, the document reviews some operating systems, hardware and simulators used today.
It’s a worth reading.
You can register and download the report here
A paper on the use of WSN for fire detection won the Best Paper Award at MobiSys 2006. A system based on MOS was deployed during August/September 2005 in the Bitterroot National Forest in Idaho, as part of a collaboration with the University of Montana. A hybrid network consisting of three MOS wireless sensor networks supported by an 802.11 backbone was deployed in the presence of active wildfires over mountainous forested terrain to monitor weather conditions. The paper reports that MOS operated well in this extremely rugged test of its kernel, networking, duty cycling, and application support capabilities.
The paper is available here.
