Wireless Sensor Network Devices: Applications and Analysis

This report provides an overview of Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) devices, highlighting their applications and significance. It discusses the characteristics of WSN, including their low cost and scalability. The report explores the use of WSN in various sectors such as military, smart cities, and healthcare. It emphasizes the advantages of WSN, such as energy efficiency and ease of deployment, while also addressing the disadvantages, particularly security vulnerabilities. The report concludes by suggesting that despite some drawbacks, the benefits of WSN outweigh the risks, and improvements can be implemented to address the disadvantages. The report includes references to relevant literature and research in the field.

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Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) can be described as networks of compact microsensors
with the capability of wireless communication. The components and devices used for this
technology is comparatively low with other communication network and it has the potential to be
disseminated in much larger quantities. It is an emerging technology that has been spread all over
the world and being applicable globally for the communication of the devices in almost each
sector.
WSN devices have application in many sectors such as: military, transportation, smart
city, industrial application, monitoring purpose, healthcare and many more and continuously
evolving (Borges, Velez & Lebres, 2014). It has been an emerging technology that changes the
face of the world through removing the wired connection and availing better connectivity and
availability around any sector of the world (Magno et al., 2015). There are many advantages of
the application of WSN devices for example energy efficient, low cost, no wires (some does not
require even antenna), scalability and many more (Ferdoush & Li, 2014). There are many
positive aspects of the application of WSN, whereas there are many disadvantages and risks with
the application of WSN within the real world (Srbinovska et al., 2015). The connection is not
secure and vulnerable to breaches and intrusion and thus could affect the privacy and security of
the individual using WSN for personal purpose.
It can be concluded that despite of having certain disadvantages, there are many
advantageous applications of the WSN that can be utilized for the betterment of the world and
these disadvantages can be eliminated using proper measures.

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