data aggregation improves energy efficiency of a network, it complicates the existing security challenges. See also Autonomous system Bluetooth mesh networking Center for Embedded Network Sensing List of ad hoc routing protocols Meteorological instrumentation Mobile wireless sensor networks OpenWSN Optical wireless communications Robotic mapping Smart, connected products Unattended ground sensor Virtual sensor network Wireless ad hoc networks References Further reading Kiran Maraiya, Kamal Kant, Nitin Gupta "Wireless Sensor Network: A Review on Data Aggregation" International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research Volume 2 Issue 4, April 2011. Chalermek Intanagonwiwat, Deborah Estrin, Ramesh Govindan, John Heidemann, "Impact of Network Density on Data Aggregation in Wireless SensorNetworks," November 4, 2001. External links IEEE 802.15.4 Standardization Committee Secure Data Aggregation in Wireless Sensor Networks: A *Survey A list of secure aggregation proposals for WSN