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Ubiquitous Sensor Networks and Its Application International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks Ubiquitous Sensor Networks and Its Application Guest Editors: Tai-hoon Kim, Wai-Chi Fang, Carlos Ramos, Sabah Mohammed, Osvaldo Gervasi, and Adrian Stoica Ubiquitous Sensor Networks and Its Application International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks Ubiquitous Sensor Networks and Its Application Guest Editors: Tai-hoon Kim, Wai-Chi Fang, Carlos Ramos, Sabah Mohammed, Osvaldo Gervasi, and Adrian Stoica Copyright © 2012 Hindawi Publishing Corporation. All rights reserved. This is a special issue published in “International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks.” All articles are open access articles distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, pro- vided the original work is properly cited. Editorial Board Prabir Barooah, USA Jing Liang, China Hairong Qi, USA Richard R. Brooks, USA Weifa Liang, Australia Joel Rodrigues, Portugal W.-Y. Chung, Republic of Korea Wen-Hwa Liao, Taiwan Jorge Sa Silva, Portugal George P. Efthymoglou, Greece AlvinS.Lim,USA Sartaj K. Sahni, USA Frank Ehlers, Italy Zhong Liu, China Weihua Sheng, USA Yunghsiang S. Han, Taiwan Donggang Liu, USA Zhi Wang, China Tian He, USA Yonghe Liu, USA Sheng Wang, China Baoqi Huang, China Seng Loke, Australia Andreas Willig, New Zealand Chin-Tser Huang, USA Jun Luo, Singapore Qishi Wu, USA S. S. Iyengar, USA Jose R. Martinez-deDios, Spain Qin Xin, Norway Rajgopal Kannan, USA Shabbir N. Merchant, India Jianliang Xu, Hong Kong Miguel A. Labrador, USA Aleksandar Milenkovic, USA Yuan Xue, USA Joo-Ho Lee, Japan Eduardo Freire Nakamura, Brazil Fan Ye, USA Minglu Li, China Peter Csaba Olveczky,¨ Norway Ning Yu, China Shijian Li, China M. Palaniswami, Australia Tianle Zhang, China Yingshu Li, USA Shashi Phoha, USA Yanmin Zhu, China Shuai Li, USA Cristina M. Pinotti, Italy Contents Ubiquitous Sensor Networks and Its Application, Tai-hoon Kim, Wai-Chi Fang, Carlos Ramos, Sabah Mohammed, Osvaldo Gervasi, and Adrian Stoica Volume 2012, Article ID 310271, 3 pages The Vegetable Freshness Monitoring System Using RFID with Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide Sensor, Ki Hwan Eom, Min Chul Kim, SeungJoon Lee, and Chang won Lee Volume 2012, Article ID 472986, 6 pages A Novel Coverage Enhancement Algorithm for Image Sensor Networks, Haiping Huang, Lijuan Sun, Ruchuan Wang, and Jing Li Volume 2012, Article ID 370935, 11 pages An Energy Supply System for Wireless Sensor Network Nodes, Guoqiang Zheng, Liwei Zhang, and Jishun Li Volume 2012, Article ID 603709, 6 pages Improved Virtual Potential Field Algorithm Based on Probability Model in Three-Dimensional Directional Sensor Networks, Junjie Huang, Lijuan Sun, Ruchuan Wang, and Haiping Huang Volume 2012, Article ID 942080, 9 pages An ACOA-AFSA Fusion Routing Algorithm for Underwater Wireless Sensor Network,HuafengWu, Xinqiang Chen, Chaojian Shi, Yingjie Xiao, and Ming Xu Volume 2012, Article ID 920505, 9 pages A Local World Evolving Model for Energy-Constrained Wireless Sensor Networks, Nan Jiang, Huan Chen, and Xiang Xiao Volume 2012, Article ID 542389, 9 pages A Wireless Sensor Network for Precise Volatile Organic Compound Monitoring, Gianfranco Manes, Giovanni Collodi, Rosanna Fusco, Leonardo Gelpi, and Antonio Manes Volume 2012, Article ID 820716, 13 pages Anchor-Node-Based Distributed Localization with Error Correction in Wireless Sensor Networks, Taeyoung Kim, Minhan Shon, Mihui Kim, Dongsoo S. Kim, and Hyunseung Choo Volume 2012, Article ID 975147, 14 pages Networked Electronic Equipments Using the IEEE 1451 Standard—VisioWay: A Case Study in the ITS Area,F.Barrero,S.L.Toral,M.Vargas,andJ.Becerra Volume 2012, Article ID 467124, 12 pages Traffic Rerouting Strategy against Jamming Attacks in WSNs for Microgrid, Yujin Lim, Hak-Man Kim, and Tetsuo Kinoshita Volume 2012, Article ID 234029, 7 pages A Network Coding Based Rarest-First Packet Recovery Algorithm for Transmitting Geocast Packets over Hybrid Sensor-Vehicular Networks, Tz-Heng Hsu and Ying-Chen Lo Volume 2012, Article ID 954398, 8 pages An Energy Efficient Localization-Free Routing Protocol for Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks, Abdul Wahid and Dongkyun Kim Volume 2012, Article ID 307246, 11 pages An Optimization Scheme for M2M-Based Patient Monitoring in Ubiquitous Healthcare Domain, Sungmo Jung, Jae Young Ahn, Dae-Joon Hwang, and Seoksoo Kim Volume 2012, Article ID 708762, 9 pages Logic Macroprogramming for Wireless Sensor Networks, Supasate Choochaisri, Nuttanart Pornprasitsakul, and Chalermek Intanagonwiwat Volume 2012, Article ID 171738, 12 pages Energy-Efficient Fire Monitoring over Cluster-Based Wireless Sensor Networks, Young-guk Ha, Heemin Kim, and Yung-cheol Byun Volume 2012, Article ID 460754, 11 pages An Adaptive System Supporting Collaborative Learning Based on a Location-Based Social Network and Semantic User Modeling, Sook-Young Choi and Jang-Mook Kang Volume 2012, Article ID 506810, 9 pages CA5W1HOnto: Ontological Context-Aware Model Based on 5W1H, Jeong-Dong Kim, Jiseong Son, and Doo-Kwon Baik Volume 2012, Article ID 247346, 11 pages A Communication Framework in Multiagent System for Islanded Microgrid, Hak-Man Kim and Yujin Lim Volume 2012, Article ID 382316, 7 pages The Construction of Inference Engine for Meaningful Context and Prediction Based on USN Environment, So-Young Im and Ryum-Duck Oh Volume 2012, Article ID 836362, 8 pages Grid-Based Predictive Geographical Routing for Inter-Vehicle Communication in Urban Areas, Si-Ho Cha, Keun-Wang Lee, and Hyun-Seob Cho Volume 2012, Article ID 819497, 7 pages Reliable Latency-Aware Routing for Clustered WSNs,AliTufail Volume 2012, Article ID 681273, 6 pages A Dynamic Traffic-Aware Duty Cycle Adjustment MAC Protocol for Energy Conserving in Wireless Sensor Networks, Tz-Heng Hsu, Tai-Hoon Kim, Chao-Chun Chen, and Jyun-Sian Wu Volume 2012, Article ID 790131, 10 pages Design of an Effective WSN-Based Interactive u-Learning Model, Hye-jin Kim, Ronnie D. Caytiles, and Tai-hoon Kim Volume 2012, Article ID 514836, 12 pages Real-Time Train Wheel Condition Monitoring by Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors, Chuliang Wei, Qin Xin, W. H. Chung, Shun-yee Liu, Hwa-yaw Tam, and S. L. Ho Volume 2012, Article ID 409048, 7 pages Hindawi Publishing Corporation International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks Volume 2012, Article ID 310271, 3 pages doi:10.1155/2012/310271 Editorial Ubiquitous Sensor Networks and Its Application Tai-hoon Kim,1 Wai-Chi Fang, 2 Carlos Ramos,3 Sabah Mohammed,4 Osvaldo Gervasi,5 and Adrian Stoica6 1 GVSA and University of Tasmania, Australia 2 National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan 3 GECAD, ISEP, Porto, Portugal 4 Lakehead University, Orillia, ON, Canada 5 University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy 6 NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Los Angeles, CA, USA Correspondence should be addressed to Tai-hoon Kim, [email protected] Received 18 April 2012; Accepted 18 April 2012 Copyright © 2012 Tai-hoon Kim et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. This special issue contains 24 articles among totally 125 Authors propose a traffic rerouting scheme in wireless papers accepted in the UCMA 2011 and AST 2011 after communication infrastructure for islanded microgrid, in submission. Achieving such high-quality papers would have “Traffic rerouting strategy against jamming attacks in WSNs been impossible without the huge work that was undertaken for microgrid.” Authors determine disjoint multiple paths by the International Program Committee members and as candidates of a detour path and then select the detour external reviewers. We take this opportunity to thank them path among the candidates in order to reduce the effect for their great support and cooperation. of jamming attack and distribute trafficflowsondifferent Ubiquitous sensor networks and its application are detour paths. emerging rapidly as an exciting new paradigm to provide The paper “CA5W1H Onto: ontological context-aware reliable and comfortable life services. The ever-growing ubiq- model based on 5W1H” proposes an ontology-based context- uitous sensor networks and its application will provide aware modeling technique, along with a relevant framework, an intelligent and ubiquitous communication and network in order to enable efficient specification of contextual infor- technology for tomorrow. That is, the UCMA have emerged mation and, thereby, further to provide intelligent context- rapidly as an exciting new paradigm that includes ubiq- aware services for context management and reasoning. uitous, grid, and peer-to-peer computing to provide com- In “An energy efficient localization-free routing protocol puting and communication services at anytime and any- for underwater wireless sensor networks,” authors propose an where. In order to realize the advantages of such services, energy efficient routing protocol, named EEDBR (energy- it is important that intelligent systems be suitable for efficient depth-based routing protocol) for UWSNs. EEDBR UCMA. utilizes the depth of sensor nodes for forwarding data In “Logic macroprogramming for wireless sensor networks,” packets. Furthermore, the residual energy of sensor nodes is authors evaluated Sense2P analytically and experimentally. also taken into account in order to improve the network life Their evaluation result indicates that Sense2P successfully time. realizes the logic macroprogramming concept while consum- In “A
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