Field Measurements and Guidelines for the Application of Wireless Sensor Networks to the Environment and Security

Sensors

Vໜtor P. Gil Jiménez¹ 

关键词: wireless sensor networks;    WSN;    transmission problems;    micaZ;    application design;    remote sensing sensors;   

DOI  :  10.3390/s91210309

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

Frequently, Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) are designed focusing on applications and omitting transmission problems in these wireless networks. In this paper, we present a measurement campaign that has been carried out using one of the most commonly used WSN platforms, the micaZ from Crossbow^©. Based on these measurements, some guidelines to deploy a robust and reliable WSN are provided. The results are focused on security and environmental applications but can also be extrapolated to other scenarios. A main conclusion that can be extracted is that, from the transmission point of view, a dense WSN is one of the best choices to overcome many of the transmission problems such as the existence of a transitional region, redundance, forwarding, obstructions or interference with other systems.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
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