A wireless sensor network (WSN) is a wireless network consisting of spatially distributed autonomous devices using sensors to cooperatively monitor physical or environmental conditions, such as temperature, sound, vibration, pressure, motion or pollutants, at different locations. The development of wireless sensor networks was originally motivated by military applications such as battlefield surveillance. However, wireless sensor networks are now used in many industrial and civilian application areas, including industrial process monitoring and control, machine health monitoring, environment and habitat monitoring, healthcare applications, home automation, and traffic control.[Source: Wikipedia]
This topic is addressed in the ICT work programme 2011/12 (p. 80, 111)under the following challenges/ objectives:
> Challenge 6:ICT for a Low Carbon Economy
Objective ICT-2011.6.6 Low carbon multi-modal mobility and freight transport
Objective ICT-2011.10.1 EU-Brazil Research and Development cooperation
