Title :
Wireless connectivity for mobile sensing applications in industrial environments
Author :
Sepulcre, Miguel ; Palazon, Jose Antonio ; Gozalvez, Javier ; Orozco, Jaime
Author_Institution :
Ubiquitous Wireless Commun. Res. Lab., Univ. Miguel Hernandez of Elche, Elche, Spain
Abstract :
The future deployment of distributed and mobile sensing technologies in industrial environments provides interesting opportunities to further improve the workers´ health and safety in the Factories of the Future. Such technologies will allow detecting in advance dangerous situations and conditions, and taking the necessary preventive actions. Wireless technologies would represent an essential component of the Factories of the Future in order to facilitate the real-time and ubiquitous connectivity of mobile sensors. In this context, this paper presents initial results of a measurement campaign that analyses the connectivity capabilities of the IEEE 802.15.4/ZigBee technologies for mobile sensing applications, and their use in collision avoidance applications.
Keywords :
Zigbee; collision avoidance; real-time systems; ubiquitous computing; wireless channels; IEEE 802.15.4; ZigBee technologies; collision avoidance; distributed sensing; industrial environments; mobile sensing; real-time connectivity; ubiquitous connectivity; wireless connectivity; worker health; worker safety; Mobile communication; Production facilities; Sensors; Transmitters; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; Zigbee; hardware testbed; industrial environment; mobile sensing; radio propagation; wireless connectivity;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Embedded Systems (SIES), 2011 6th IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Vasteras
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-818-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-61284-819-8
DOI :
10.1109/SIES.2011.5953693
