Consumer
applications include, but are not limited to, critical infrastructure protection and
security, health care, the environment, energy, food safety, production processing,
and quality of life [1.35]. WSNs are also expected to afford consumers a new set of
conveniences, including remote-controlled home heating and lighting, personal
health diagnosis, automated automobile maintenance telemetry, and automated
in-marina boat-engine telemetry, to list just a few.