Video network research aimed at bolstering national security wins NSF grant for Virginia Tech

Abstract

Wireless video sensor networks have the potential to significantly enhance national security and emergency response efforts, and the National Science Foundation (NSF) is supporting research at Virginia Tech aimed at extending the lifetime and strengthening the performance of these networks. Assistant Professor Thomas Hou and Professor Scott Midkiff of the university's electrical and computer engineering department have received a $225,000 Information Technology Research (ITR) grant to study factors that affect network lifetime.