scholarly journals Tracking Mobile Robot in Indoor Wireless Sensor Networks

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liping Zhang ◽  
Cheng-Chew Lim ◽  
Yiping Chen ◽  
Hamid Reza Karimi
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Mobile Robots ◽  
Tracking System ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Tracking Accuracy ◽  
Wireless Sensor Nodes ◽  
Localization Scheme ◽  
Indoor Wireless

This work addresses the problem of tracking mobile robots in indoor wireless sensor networks (WSNs). Our approach is based on a localization scheme with RSSI (received signal strength indication) which is used widely in WSN. The developed tracking system is designed for continuous estimation of the robot’s trajectory. A WSN, which is composed of many very simple and cheap wireless sensor nodes, is deployed at a specific region of interest. The wireless sensor nodes collect RSSI information sent by mobile robots. A range-based data fusion scheme is used to estimate the robot’s trajectory. Moreover, a Kalman filter is designed to improve tracking accuracy. Experiments are provided to assess the performance of the proposed scheme.

scholarly journals Calculating the Number of Cluster Heads Based on the Rate-Distortion Function in Wireless Sensor Networks

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Mingxin Yang ◽  
Jingsha He ◽  
Yuqiang Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Data Fusion ◽  
Rate Distortion ◽  
Distortion Function ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Wireless Sensor Nodes ◽  
Cluster Heads

Due to limited resources in wireless sensor nodes, energy efficiency is considered as one of the primary constraints in the design of the topology of wireless sensor networks (WSNs). Since data that are collected by wireless sensor nodes exhibit the characteristics of temporal association, data fusion has also become a very important means of reducing network traffic as well as eliminating data redundancy as far as data transmission is concerned. Another reason for data fusion is that, in many applications, only some of the data that are collected can meet the requirements of the sink node. In this paper, we propose a method to calculate the number of cluster heads or data aggregators during data fusion based on the rate-distortion function. In our discussion, we will first establish an energy consumption model and then describe a method for calculating the number of cluster heads from the point of view of reducing energy consumption. We will also show through theoretical analysis and experimentation that the network topology design based on the rate-distortion function is indeed more energy-efficient.

scholarly journals Efficient Node and Sensed Module Management for Multisensory Wireless Sensor Networks

Sensors ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (7) ◽  
pp. 2328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Feng ◽  
Xiaozhu Shi
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Tracking Accuracy ◽  
Node Selection ◽  
Information Utility ◽  
Save Energy ◽  
Selection Of

In target tracking wireless sensor networks, choosing a part of sensor nodes to execute tracking tasks and letting the other nodes sleep to save energy are efficient node management strategies. However, at present more and more sensor nodes carry many different types of sensed modules, and the existing researches on node selection are mainly focused on sensor nodes with a single sensed module. Few works involved the management and selection of the sensed modules for sensor nodes which have several multi-mode sensed modules. This work proposes an efficient node and sensed module management strategy, called ENSMM, for multisensory WSNs (wireless sensor networks). ENSMM considers not only node selection, but also the selection of the sensed modules for each node, and then the power management of sensor nodes is performed according to the selection results. Moreover, a joint weighted information utility measurement is proposed to estimate the information utility of the multiple sensed modules in the different nodes. Through extensive and realistic experiments, the results show that, ENSMM outperforms the state-of-the-art approaches by decreasing the energy consumption and prolonging the network lifetime. Meanwhile, it reduces the computational complexity with guaranteeing the tracking accuracy.

scholarly journals Wireless Sensor Networks for Indoor Environment Monitoring Using LabVIEW

2011 ◽  
pp. 87-90
Author(s):  
Mrutyunjay Rout ◽  
Dr. Harish Kumar Verma ◽  
Subhashree Das
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Indoor Environment ◽  
Environmental Parameters ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Environment Monitoring ◽  
Wireless Sensor Nodes ◽  
Local Decision ◽  
Mems Technology

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have gained worldwide attention in recent years, particularly with the rapid progress in Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) technology which has facilitated the development of smart sensors. These sensors are small, with limited processing and computing resources, and they are inexpensive compared to traditional sensors. These sensor nodes can sense, measure, and gather information from the environment and, based on some local decision process, they can transmit the sensed data to the user. WSNs are large networks made of a numerous number of sensor nodes with sensing, computation, and wireless communication capabilities. In present work we provide a brief summary of the state-ofthe- art in wireless sensor networks, investigate the feasibility of indoor environment monitoring using crossbow wireless sensor nodes. Here we used nesC programming language and TinyOS operating system for programming Crossbow sensor nodes and LabVIEW GUI is used for displaying different indoor environmental parameters such as temperature, humidity and light acquired from different Wireless sensor nodes. These sensor readings can help building administrators to monitor the physical conditions of the environment in a building for creating optimized energy usage.

Cost Minimization of Sensor Placement and Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks

2020 ◽  
pp. 1286-1301
Author(s):  
Tata Jagannadha Swamy ◽  
Garimella Rama Murthy
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Cost Minimization ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Wireless Sensor Nodes ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
Strongly Connected ◽  
Placement And Routing

Wireless Sensor Nodes (WSNs) are small in size and have limited energy resources. Recent technological advances have facilitated widespread use of wireless sensor networks in many real world applications. In real life situations WSN has to cover an area or monitor a number of nodes on a plane. Sensor node's coverage range is proportional to their cost, as high cost sensor nodes have higher coverage ranges. The main goal of this paper is to minimize the node placement cost with the help of uniform and non-uniform 2D grid planes. Authors propose a new algorithm for data transformation between strongly connected sensor nodes, based on graph theory.

scholarly journals DESIGN ISSUES AND CLASSIFICATION OF WSNS OPERATING SYSTEMS

2013 ◽  
pp. 281-285
Author(s):  
ANIL KUMAR SHARMA ◽  
SURENDRA KUMAR PATEL ◽  
GUPTESHWAR GUPTA
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Operating Systems ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Design Issues ◽  
Wireless Sensor Nodes ◽  
Computing Environments ◽  
Computational Resources

Wireless Sensor Networks is an emerging area of research. Wireless Sensor networks (WSNs) face lot of problems that do not arise in other types of wireless networks and computing environments. Limited computational resources, power constraints, low reliability and higher density of sensor nodes (motes) are just some basic problems that have to be considered when designing or selecting a new operating system in order to evaluate the performance of wireless sensor nodes (motes). In this paper we focused on design issues, challenges and classification of operating systems for WSNs.

scholarly journals Future Trends in Wireless Sensor Network (WSN)

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (6S2) ◽  
pp. 480-482
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Wireless Sensor Network ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Network ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Future Trends ◽  
Wireless Sensor Nodes ◽  
Military Application ◽  
Remote Environment

In part years wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have shown great improvement and also have become trusted areas in research. A wireless sensor networks (WSNs) is made up of many wireless sensor nodes that provides the source field and sink of a wireless network. The ability to sense the surrounding nodes, computing and connecting to other nodes wirelessly provide the wireless sensor network s(WSNs).the application of WSN is seen in many areas like military application, tracking, monitoring remote environment, surveillance, healthcare department and so on. Because of wide application the challenges for better developed technology and improvement have increased .this paper discuss some of the recent and future trends of Wireless sensor network. [1],[ 3],[5]

scholarly journals Characterization and Modeling of Received Signal Strength and Charging Time for Wireless Energy Transfer

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Uthman Baroudi ◽  
Amin-ud-din Qureshi ◽  
Samir Mekid
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Energy Transfer ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Signal Strength ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Wireless Energy Transfer ◽  
Wireless Sensor Nodes ◽  
Charging Time ◽  
Indoor And Outdoor

Wireless sensor networks can provide effective means for monitoring and controlling a wide range of applications. Recently, tremendous effort was directed towards devising sensors powered from ambient sources such as heat, wind, and vibration. Wireless energy transfer is another source that has attractive features that make it a promising candidate for supplying power to wireless sensor nodes. This paper is concerned with characterizing and modeling the charging time and received signal strength indicator for wireless energy transfer system. These parameters play a vital role in deciding the geometry of sensor network and the routing protocols to be deployed. The development of communication protocols for wireless-powered wireless sensor networks is also improved with the knowledge of such models. These two quantities were computed from data acquired at various coordinates of the harvester relative to a fixed position of RF energy source. Data was acquired for indoor and outdoor scenarios using the commercially available PowerCast energy harvester and evaluation board. Mathematical models for both indoor and outdoor environments were developed and analyzed. A few guidelines on how to use these models were suggested. Finally, the possibility of harvesting the energy from the ambient RF power to energize wireless sensor nodes was also investigated.

A Lifetime Forecast Scheme for a Distributed Low Duty Cycle Multi-Hop Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks

2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Oliver Stecklina ◽  
Peter Langendörfer ◽  
Christian Goltz
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Duty Cycle ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Simulation Framework ◽  
Wireless Sensor Nodes ◽  
Low Duty Cycle ◽  
Broad Variety ◽  
Minimal Effort

Wireless sensor nodes become more and more attractive for a broad variety of application scenarios. Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) can be easily deployed and they require by design low maintenance effort. But running installations are still rare, because real world requirements and environmental conditions are even today a big challenge. Especially in multi-hop networks a minimum lifetime of several years cannot be achieved globally. In this paper, the authors present a Distributed Low Duty Cycle (DLDC) based Multi-Hop Routing (MHR) protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks guaranteeing a minimum network lifetime. The authors introduce a forecast scheme to calculate the expected life of a node with a minimal effort. The authors are convinced that by using a forecast scheme the network topology and the used protocols can be easily optimized before deploying the network. The authors evaluated their forecast scheme by measuring real sensor node parameters and simulating an example network in the Castalia simulation framework. The authors demonstrated that by using the proposed scheme an energy consumption forecast with a deviation of less than three per cent can be achieved.

scholarly journals Harvesting Ambient Environmental Energy for Wireless Sensor Networks: A Survey

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gongbo Zhou ◽  
Linghua Huang ◽  
Wei Li ◽  
Zhencai Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Alternative Energy ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Wireless Sensor Nodes ◽  
Power Sources ◽  
Limited Life ◽  
Great Progress ◽  
Self Powered

In recent years, wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have grown dramatically and made a great progress in many applications. But having limited life, batteries, as the power sources of wireless sensor nodes, have restricted the development and application of WSNs which often requires a very long lifespan for better performance. In order to make the WSNs prevalent in our lives, an alternative energy source is required. Environmental energy is an attractive power source, and it provides an approach to make the sensor nodes self-powered with the possibility of an almost infinite lifetime. The goal of this survey is to present a comprehensive review of the recent literature on the various possible energy harvesting technologies from ambient environment for WSNs.

scholarly journals Security Attacks and Challenges of Wireless Sensor Network’s -a Review

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2.32) ◽  
pp. 136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Riaz Shaik ◽  
Shaik Shakeel Ahamad
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Security Attacks ◽  
Wireless Sensor Nodes ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
Wired Networks ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Wireless Medium

Wireless sensor networks are becoming part of many of the research areas to address different issues related to technological and societal. So, The developments in wireless communication technology have made the deployment of  wireless sensor nodes connected through wireless medium, known as wireless sensor networks. Wireless sensor networks have numerous applications in many fields like military , environmental monitoring , health , industry etc.. wireless sensor networks have more benefits over Wired networks .Though there are several advantages of wireless networks, they are prone to security issues. . Security became a major concern for wireless sensor networks because of the wider application. So ,this paper addresses the critical security issues of wireless sensor networks that may encounter in the different layers of the communication protocols like OSI.This paper presents a detailed review on the security issues and its challenges of the wireless sensor networks.  

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