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-Sensor nodes use a software layer called, Operating System (OS), which is logically between the node's hardware and the application layer~\cite{ref18}. The OS enables the applications to interact with hardware resources, to schedule and prioritize tasks, memory management, power management, file management, networking, and to arbitrate between contending applications and services that attempt to reserve resources. The TinyOS has been used as an operating system in wireless sensor node. It is developed by the university of California, Berkeley and designed to work on platforms with limited storage and processing power.
+Sensor nodes use a software layer called, Operating System (OS), which is logically between the node's hardware and the application layer~\cite{ref18}. The OS enables the applications to interact with hardware resources, to schedule and prioritize tasks, memory management, power management, file management, networking, and to arbitrate between contending applications and services that attempt to reserve resources. The TinyOS is commonly used as an operating system in wireless sensor node. It is developed by the university of California, Berkeley and designed to work on platforms with limited storage and processing power.
\section{Types of Wireless Sensor Networks}
Nodes are deployed over caves, mines, or underground and communicate through soil~\cite{ref9,ref10}. The most important applications in underground WSNs are structural monitoring, agriculture monitoring, landscape management, underground environment monitoring of soil, water or mineral and military border monitoring. The essential challenges of underground WSNs are the high levels of attenuation and signal loss in communication. Therefore, it needs a certain type of devices able to provide a robust wireless underground communication. The risk on these devices comes from unsuitable underground conditions, replacing or recharging the battery seems to be impossible, and the WSN deployment is expensive.
\item \textbf{Underwater WSNs:}
-This type of WSNs is composed of wireless sensor nodes deployed in the water such as the ocean~\cite{ref11,ref12}. Many challenges must be faced in this type of WSN such as the high cost of the underwater sensor devices; underwater wireless communication with limited bandwidth, high latency, signal fading, and long propagation delay problems; sparse deployment in which the wireless sensors should be able to self-organized to adapt to various condition of the ocean environment; the limited power of the node battery, and the difficulty to replace or recharge it. These challenges led to look for energy efficient underwater wireless communication mechanisms. The main underwater WSNs applications are seismic monitoring, disaster prevention monitoring, underwater robotics, pollution monitoring, equipment monitoring, and undersea surveillance and exploration.
+This type of WSNs is composed of wireless sensor nodes deployed in the water such as the ocean~\cite{ref11,ref12}. Many challenges must be faced in this type of WSN such as the high cost of the underwater sensor devices; underwater wireless communication with limited bandwidth, high latency, signal fading, and long propagation delay problems; sparse deployment in which the wireless sensors should be able to self-organized to adapt to various condition of the ocean environment; the limited power of the node battery, and the difficulty to replace or recharge it. These challenges led to look for energy efficient underwater wireless communication mechanisms. The main underwater WSNs applications are seismic monitoring, disaster prevention monitoring, underwater robotics, pollution monitoring, equipment monitoring, and undersea surveillance and exploration. \\
\item \textbf{Multimedia WSNs:}
They consist of inexpensive wireless sensor nodes supplied with CMOS (Complementary Metal-Oxide-Silicon) cameras or microphones devices. The nodes are deployed in a pre-guided way to ensure the coverage. Multimedia WSN is capable of retrieving and storing audio, video, and image contents from the physical environment~\cite{ref13,ref14,ref15}. Multimedia WSN contributed in improving some existing WSN applications such as tracking and monitoring. The main challenges in multimedia WSN include: the processing, filtering, and compressing of multimedia data; the requested bandwidth and high energy consumption; Quality-of-Service provisioning is very difficult because of the link capacity and delays; it should combine different wireless techniques; energy-efficient cross-layer design; it needs flexible architecture to support various applications; and the deployment is based on the multimedia devices coverage.
\item \textbf{ Environment and agriculture Applications}
-\indent Several WSNs applications have been developed for precision agriculture, cattle monitoring, and environmental monitoring.
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-\indent Precision agriculture refers to the science of using innovative and modern technologies to improve the crop production. WSNs are the main technology for developing precision agriculture~\cite{ref29}. This technology contributes to increasing the agricultural yields, improving quality, and reducing costs whilst decreasing the damaging impact on the environment. The wireless sensors are distributed over the target field so as to monitor the main parameters such as soil moisture, atmospheric temperature, and create a decision support system \cite{ref22}.
+\indent Several WSNs applications have been developed for precision agriculture, cattle monitoring, and environmental monitoring. Precision agriculture refers to the science of using innovative and modern technologies to improve the crop production. WSNs are the main technology for developing precision agriculture~\cite{ref29}. This technology contributes to increasing the agricultural yields, improving quality, and reducing costs whilst decreasing the damaging impact on the environment. The wireless sensors are distributed over the target field so as to monitor the main parameters such as soil moisture, atmospheric temperature, and create a decision support system \cite{ref22}.
The wireless sensors can be used in agricultural services like irrigation, fertilization, pest control, animal and pastures monitoring, horticulture (e.g., greenhouse and viticulture)~\cite{ref30}. For instance, in cattle monitoring applications, the WSN is used to livestock control and monitoring such as virtual fencing for extensive grazing systems, animal behavior study, health monitoring, to detect disease breakouts, to localize them, and to control end-product quality (meat, milk).
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\indent Various WSN applications for environmental monitoring have been used in coastline erosion, air quality monitoring, safe drinking water, and contamination control~\cite{ref30,ref22}.
%\indent In cattle monitoring applications, the WSN is used to livestock control and monitoring such as virtual fencing for extensive grazing systems, animal behavior study, health monitoring, to detect disease breakouts, to localize them, and to control end-product quality (meat, milk).
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