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6.5.2 Software Development
6.5.2.1 Application Programming Interface
In IWSNs, the application soware should be accessible through a simple application programming inter-
face (API) customized for both standards-based and customer-specic requirements. is also enables rapid
developments and network deployments [6,42]. With a proper API, the underlying network complexity can
be transparent to the end-users who are experts in their specic application domain, but not necessarily
experts in networking and wireless communications. Moreover, the deployed sensor network should be able
to integrate seamle