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Development of a Wireless Sensor Node for Environmental Monitoring

Authors:
Daryoush Bayat
Daryoush Habibi
Iftikhar Ahmad

Keywords: wireless sensor network; long range; 9-Xtend; DIGIMESH

Abstract:
The Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) has emerged as an exciting research field in recent years and has the potential to revolutionize applications such as industrial monitoring and automation, environmental monitoring and biomedical science. Wireless sensor networks achieve these objectives using sophisticated networks of low cost smart sensors that co-operatively monitor and communicate information such as gas concentration, humidity, temperature, etc. One of the shortfalls of the existing wireless sensor network technology is limited coverage area. Environmental monitoring applications such as bushfire detection require vast coverage areas for wireless sensor networks to be economically effective. In this paper, we present the architecture and characteristics of a long range wireless sensor network targeted for environmental monitoring applications. Firstly, the hardware design and software implementation are explained and then the achieved results are evaluated. The developed wireless sensor node can cover several hundreds of kilometers by using a proprietary mesh protocol.

Pages: 1 to 5

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2012

Publication date: August 19, 2012

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4405

ISBN: 978-1-61208-207-3

Location: Rome, Italy

Dates: from August 19, 2012 to August 24, 2012