Notations and Abbreviations
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—S. S. Iyengar
ACRONYMS*
| AG | acquaintance group |
| API | application program interface |
| ARQ | automatic repeat request |
| ATR | atomic target recognition |
| BC | block-cut (e.g., block-cut tree) |
| BFS/DFS | breadth-first/depth-first search |
| BHS | baggage-handling system |
| CAN | controller area network |
| CBS | checked-baggage screening |
| CHAMP | caching and multipath (routing) |
| DIFS | distributed interframe space |
| DSN | distributed sensor network |
| DVS | dynamic voltage scaling |
| EEPROM | electrically erasable read-only memory |
| ESM | electronic support measure |
| FARM | fusionable ambient renewable MAC |
| FDMA/TDMA | frequency-/time-division multiple access |
| FFD | full-function device |
| FIFO | first-in/first-out |
| FSM | finite-state machine |
| GEAR | geographic and energy-aware routing |
| GHT | geographic hashing table |
| GPSR | greedy perimeter stateless routing |
| GSN | Global Sensor Network |
| GUI | graphical user interface |
| HAL | hardware abstraction layer |
| HBA | hub-based architecture |
| HNG | hop neighborhood group |
| HPC | high-performance computing |
| HSR | hierarchical state routing |
| IFF | IR (infrared) identification–friend/foe (sensor) |
| INSPIRE | innovation in sensor programming implementation for real-time environment |
| IPC | interprocess (or intermediate-performance) communication |
| ISR | intelligence–surveillance–reconnaissance |
| LEACH | low-energy adaptive clustering hierarchy |
| LPL | low-power listening |
| MAC | media access layer |
