Design and Implementation of Large-Scale Wireless Sensor Networks for Environmental Monitoring Applications
Environmental monitoring represents a major application domain for wireless sensor networks (WSN). However, despite significant advances in recent years, there are still many challenging issues to be addressed to exploit the full potential of the emerging WSN technology. In this dissertation, we int...
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ndltd-unt.edu-info-ark-67531-metadc284932017-03-17T08:39:25Z Design and Implementation of Large-Scale Wireless Sensor Networks for Environmental Monitoring Applications Yang, Jue Wireless sensor networks. duty cycle scheduling energy efficient multihop routing time synchronization environmental monitoring Environmental monitoring -- Data processing. Environmental monitoring -- Texas. Environmental monitoring represents a major application domain for wireless sensor networks (WSN). However, despite significant advances in recent years, there are still many challenging issues to be addressed to exploit the full potential of the emerging WSN technology. In this dissertation, we introduce the design and implementation of low-power wireless sensor networks for long-term, autonomous, and near-real-time environmental monitoring applications. We have developed an out-of-box solution consisting of a suite of software, protocols and algorithms to provide reliable data collection with extremely low power consumption. Two wireless sensor networks based on the proposed solution have been deployed in remote field stations to monitor soil moisture along with other environmental parameters. As parts of the ever-growing environmental monitoring cyberinfrastructure, these networks have been integrated into the Texas Environmental Observatory system for long-term operation. Environmental measurement and network performance results are presented to demonstrate the capability, reliability and energy-efficiency of the network. University of North Texas Li, Xinrong Huang, Yan Acevedo, Miguel F. Fu, Shengli Namuduri, Kamesh 2010-05 Thesis or Dissertation Text oclc: 663886952 untcat: b3856027 https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28493/ ark: ark:/67531/metadc28493 English Public Copyright Yang, Jue Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. |
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Environmental monitoring represents a major application domain for wireless sensor networks (WSN). However, despite significant advances in recent years, there are still many challenging issues to be addressed to exploit the full potential of the emerging WSN technology. In this dissertation, we introduce the design and implementation of low-power wireless sensor networks for long-term, autonomous, and near-real-time environmental monitoring applications. We have developed an out-of-box solution consisting of a suite of software, protocols and algorithms to provide reliable data collection with extremely low power consumption. Two wireless sensor networks based on the proposed solution have been deployed in remote field stations to monitor soil moisture along with other environmental parameters. As parts of the ever-growing environmental monitoring cyberinfrastructure, these networks have been integrated into the Texas Environmental Observatory system for long-term operation. Environmental measurement and network performance results are presented to demonstrate the capability, reliability and energy-efficiency of the network. |
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Design and Implementation of Large-Scale Wireless Sensor Networks for Environmental Monitoring Applications |
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Design and Implementation of Large-Scale Wireless Sensor Networks for Environmental Monitoring Applications |
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Design and Implementation of Large-Scale Wireless Sensor Networks for Environmental Monitoring Applications |
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Design and Implementation of Large-Scale Wireless Sensor Networks for Environmental Monitoring Applications |
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Design and Implementation of Large-Scale Wireless Sensor Networks for Environmental Monitoring Applications |
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design and implementation of large-scale wireless sensor networks for environmental monitoring applications |
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