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Analysis of Radio Wave Propagation for ISM 2.4 GHz Wireless Sensor Networks in Inhomogeneous Vegetation Environments

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العنوان: Analysis of Radio Wave Propagation for ISM 2.4 GHz Wireless Sensor Networks in Inhomogeneous Vegetation Environments
المؤلفون: Leire Azpilicueta, Peio López-Iturri, Erik Aguirre, Ignacio Mateo, José Javier Astrain, Jesús Villadangos, Francisco Falcone
المصدر: Sensors, Vol 14, Iss 12, Pp 23650-23672 (2014)
بيانات النشر: MDPI AG, 2014.
سنة النشر: 2014
المجموعة: LCC:Chemical technology
مصطلحات موضوعية: Wireless Sensor Network, vegetation environment, 3D Ray Launching, Chemical technology, TP1-1185
الوصف: The use of wireless networks has experienced exponential growth due to the improvements in terms of battery life and low consumption of the devices. However, it is compulsory to conduct previous radio propagation analysis when deploying a wireless sensor network. These studies are necessary to perform an estimation of the range coverage, in order to optimize the distance between devices in an actual network deployment. In this work, the radio channel characterization for ISM 2.4 GHz Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) in an inhomogeneous vegetation environment has been analyzed. This analysis allows designing environment monitoring tools based on ZigBee and WiFi where WSN and smartphones cooperate, providing rich and customized monitoring information to users in a friendly manner. The impact of topology as well as morphology of the environment is assessed by means of an in-house developed 3D Ray Launching code, to emulate the realistic operation in the framework of the scenario. Experimental results gathered from a measurement campaign conducted by deploying a ZigBee Wireless Sensor Network, are analyzed and compared with simulations in this paper. The scenario where this network is intended to operate is a combination of buildings and diverse vegetation species. To gain insight in the effects of radio propagation, a simplified vegetation model has been developed, considering the material parameters and simplified geometry embedded in the simulation scenario. An initial location-based application has been implemented in a real scenario, to test the functionality within a context aware scenario. The use of deterministic tools can aid to know the impact of the topological influence in the deployment of the optimal Wireless Sensor Network in terms of capacity, coverage and energy consumption, making the use of these systems attractive for multiple applications in inhomogeneous vegetation environments.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1424-8220
Relation: http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/14/12/23650; https://doaj.org/toc/1424-8220
DOI: 10.3390/s141223650
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/dba62f26d3d3473086bb512b8b076ea4
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.ba62f26d3d3473086bb512b8b076ea4
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:14248220
DOI:10.3390/s141223650