Title :
Wireless Active Guardrail System for environmental measurements
Author :
De Vito, Luca ; Cocca, Vincenzo ; Riccio, Maria ; Tudosa, Ioan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng., Univ. of Sannio, Benevento, Italy
Abstract :
The paper presents the design and implementation of a Wireless Active Guardrail System (WAGS), that adds to the typical passive protection of guardrails the capability of monitoring both traffic and environment along the roads. The general overview of a WAGS, intended to be applied on highways, is presented and the measured quantities are discussed. The architecture of a sensor node for environmental monitoring experimentally validated in laboratory is presented and future improvements and features are suggested.
Keywords :
air pollution measurement; environmental monitoring (geophysics); wireless sensor networks; Wireless Active Guardrail System; air pollutants; environment monitoring capability; environmental measurements; guardrail passive protection; sensor node architecture; traffic monitoring capability; wireless sensor networks; Atmospheric measurements; Monitoring; Pollution measurement; Roads; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors; Wireless sensor networks; distributed measurement system; environmental measurements; guardrail; transportation safety; wireless sensor network;
Conference_Titel :
Environmental Energy and Structural Monitoring Systems (EESMS), 2012 IEEE Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Perugia
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2739-8
DOI :
10.1109/EESMS.2012.6348403
