ABSTRACT
Recent developments in wireless sensor network (WSN) technology (which enables communications ranging from a few meters to city-scale applications in order to perform simple tasks such as sensing, actuation, and computing) have promoted a new class of multimedia applications in multidisciplinary domains, which significantly depend on sensing technologies [1]. The dramatic development of sensing/communication techniques makes it the most appropriate technology in the Internet of things (IoT) paradigm. The recent advancements of WSNs in the IoT have been widely promoted in environmental, industrial, and biomedical sensing and monitoring applications, which significantly depend on real-time data [1]. Consequently, a new technology called wireless multimedia sensor networks (WMSNs) has emerged to achieve more reductions and savings in terms of multimedia gathering cost. WMSNs can gather and deliver multimedia data such as sound streams, images, video, and scalar data (e.g., temperature/humidity readings). WMSNs have not only enhanced the existing applications of traditional WSNs but have also enabled new services. However, there are several restrictions facing their design and implementation in reality while satisfying the desired quality of service (QoS) [2].
