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"CITRIC: A LOW-BANDWIDTH WIRELESS CAMERA NETWORK PLATFORM". Phoebus Chen, Parvez Ahammad, Colby Boyer, Shih-I Huang, Leon Lin, Edgar Lobaton, Marci Meingast, Songhwai Oh, Simon Wang, Posu Yan, Allen Y. Yang, Chuohao Yeo, Lung-Chung Chang, J.D. Tygar, and S. Shankar Sastry (eds.), Proceedings of the 2nd ACM/IEEE International Conference on Distributed Smart Cameras, September, 2008.

Abstract
In this paper, we propose and demonstrate a novel wireless camera network system, called CITRIC. The core component of this system is a new hardware platform that integrates a camera, a frequency-scalable (up to 624 MHz) CPU, 16MB FLASH, and 64MB RAM onto a single device. The device then connects with a standard sensor network mote to form a camera mote. The design enables in-network processing of images to reduce communication requirements, which has traditionally been high in existing camera networks with centralized processing. We also propose a back-end client/server architecture to provide a user interface to the system and support further centralized processing for higher-level applications. Our camera mote enables a wider variety of distributed pattern recognition applications than traditional platforms because it provides more computing power and tighter integration of physical components while still consuming relatively little power. Furthermore, the mote easily integrates with existing low-bandwidth sensor networks because it can communicate over the IEEE 802.15.4 protocol with other sensor network platforms. We demonstrate our system on three applications: image compression, target tracking, and camera localization.

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  ><i>CITRIC: A LOW-BANDWIDTH WIRELESS CAMERA NETWORK
  PLATFORM</i></a>, Phoebus Chen, Parvez Ahammad,
  Colby Boyer, Shih-I Huang, Leon Lin, Edgar Lobaton, Marci
  Meingast, Songhwai Oh, Simon Wang, Posu Yan, Allen Y. Yang,
  Chuohao Yeo, Lung-Chung Chang, J.D. Tygar, and S. Shankar
  Sastry (eds.), Proceedings of the 2nd ACM/IEEE International
  Conference on Distributed Smart Cameras, September, 2008.

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   "CITRIC: A LOW-BANDWIDTH WIRELESS CAMERA NETWORK
  PLATFORM". Phoebus Chen, Parvez Ahammad, Colby Boyer,
  Shih-I Huang, Leon Lin, Edgar Lobaton, Marci Meingast,
  Songhwai Oh, Simon Wang, Posu Yan, Allen Y. Yang, Chuohao
  Yeo, Lung-Chung Chang, J.D. Tygar, and S. Shankar Sastry
  (eds.), Proceedings of the 2nd ACM/IEEE International
  Conference on Distributed Smart Cameras, September, 2008.

• BibTeX

  @proceedings{ChenAhammadBoyerHuangLinLobatonMeingastOhWangYanYang08_CITRICLOWBANDWIDTHWIRELESSCAMERANETWORKPLATFORM,
      title = {CITRIC: A LOW-BANDWIDTH WIRELESS CAMERA NETWORK
                PLATFORM},
      editor = {Phoebus Chen, Parvez Ahammad, Colby Boyer, Shih-I
                Huang, Leon Lin, Edgar Lobaton, Marci Meingast,
                Songhwai Oh, Simon Wang, Posu Yan, Allen Y. Yang,
                Chuohao Yeo, Lung-Chung Chang, J.D. Tygar, and S.
                Shankar Sastry},
      organization = {Proceedings of the 2nd ACM/IEEE International
                Conference on Distributed Smart Cameras},
      month = {September},
      year = {2008},
      abstract = {In this paper, we propose and demonstrate a novel
                wireless camera network system, called CITRIC. The
                core component of this system is a new hardware
                platform that integrates a camera, a
                frequency-scalable (up to 624 MHz) CPU, 16MB
                FLASH, and 64MB RAM onto a single device. The
                device then connects with a standard sensor
                network mote to form a camera mote. The design
                enables in-network processing of images to reduce
                communication requirements, which has
                traditionally been high in existing camera
                networks with centralized processing. We also
                propose a back-end client/server architecture to
                provide a user interface to the system and support
                further centralized processing for higher-level
                applications. Our camera mote enables a wider
                variety of distributed pattern recognition
                applications than traditional platforms because it
                provides more computing power and tighter
                integration of physical components while still
                consuming relatively little power. Furthermore,
                the mote easily integrates with existing
                low-bandwidth sensor networks because it can
                communicate over the IEEE 802.15.4 protocol with
                other sensor network platforms. We demonstrate our
                system on three applications: image compression,
                target tracking, and camera localization.},
      URL = {http://www.truststc.org/pubs/743.html}
  }
  

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