Classification of Object Tracking Techniques in Wireless Sensor Networks

Mohsin  Fayyaz

doi:10.4236/wsn.2011.34014

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WSN Vol.3 No.4 , April 2011

Classification of Object Tracking Techniques in Wireless Sensor Networks

Mohsin Fayyaz

Abstract: Object tracking is one of the killer applications for wireless sensor networks (WSN) in which the network of wireless sensors is assigned the task of tracking a particular object. The network employs the object tracking techniques to continuously report the position of the object in terms of Cartesian coordinates to a sink node or to a central base station. A family tree of object tracking techniques has been prepared.In this paper we have summarized the object tracking techniques available so far in wireless sensor networks.

Keywords: Object Tracking in WSN, Classification of Object Tracking Techniques in WSN

Cite this paper: nullM. Fayyaz, "Classification of Object Tracking Techniques in Wireless Sensor Networks," Wireless Sensor Network, Vol. 3 No. 4, 2011, pp. 121-124. doi: 10.4236/wsn.2011.34014.

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