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  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,785 Views
23 Pages

Secure Z-MAC Protocol as a Proposed Solution for Improving Security in WSNs

  • Mona Nasser Almansoori,
  • Ahmad Ahmad Elshamy and
  • Ahmad Abdel Muttalib Mustafa

23 February 2022

Security is one of the major issues in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs), as poor security disrupts the entire network and can have a significant effect on data transmission. WSNs need safe data transmission at a high rate while maintaining data integr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
65 Citations
11,718 Views
44 Pages

12 March 2014

This paper introduces the design, implementation, and performance analysis of the scalable and mobility-aware hybrid protocol named boarder node medium access control (BN-MAC) for wireless sensor networks (WSNs), which leverages the characteristics...

(This article belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,410 Views
12 Pages

Optimizing Tongue Fluid Sampling and Testing Protocols for Enhanced PRRSV Isolation from Perinatal Swine Mortalities

  • Onyekachukwu Henry Osemeke,
  • Isadora Machado,
  • Elisa De Conti,
  • Mariah Musskopf,
  • Mafalda Pedro Mil-Homens,
  • Samuel Stutzman,
  • Baoqing Guo,
  • Thomas Petznick,
  • Gustavo De-Sousa-E Silva and
  • Daniel C. L. Linhares
  • + 2 authors

14 January 2025

Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) remains a major concern for swine health. Isolating PRRSV is essential for identifying infectious viruses and for vaccine formulation. This study evaluated the potential of using tongue flui...

(This article belongs to the Section Animal Viruses)
  • Review
  • Open Access
118 Citations
27,338 Views
42 Pages

MAC Layer Protocols for Internet of Things: A Survey

  • Luiz Oliveira,
  • Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues,
  • Sergei A. Kozlov,
  • Ricardo A. L. Rabêlo and
  • Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque

14 January 2019

Due to the wide variety of uses and the diversity of features required to meet an application, Internet of Things (IoT) technologies are moving forward at a strong pace to meet this demand while at the same time trying to meet the time-to-market of t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue 10th Anniversary Feature Papers)
  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
2 Citations
786 Views
11 Pages

Evaluating Thread, Zigbee and Z-Wave Against Common Criteria Cryptographic Requirements

  • Evangelos Nannos,
  • Stylianos Katsoulis,
  • Fotios Zantalis,
  • Ioannis Chrysovalantis Panagou,
  • Konstantinos Boukouras and
  • Grigorios Koulouras

The explosive growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) has brought an array of resource-constrained devices to domains such as smart homes, industrial automation, and healthcare, raising substantial cybersecurity challenges. Lightweight wireless protoc...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 6th International Electronic Conference on Applied Sciences)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,571 Views
15 Pages

Evaluating the Energy Costs of SHA-256 and SHA-3 (KangarooTwelve) in Resource-Constrained IoT Devices

  • Iain Baird,
  • Isam Wadhaj,
  • Baraq Ghaleb,
  • Craig Thomson and
  • Gordon Russell

11 July 2025

The rapid expansion of Internet of Things (IoT) devices has heightened the demand for lightweight and secure cryptographic mechanisms suitable for resource-constrained environments. While SHA-256 remains a widely used standard, the emergence of SHA-3...