RF channel modeling of a WSN testbed for industrial environment

Author

Luo, Shuiping ; Polu, Nagesh ; Chen, Zhizhang ; Slipp, Jeff

Author_Institution

Cape Breton Univ., Sydney, NS, Canada

fYear

2011

fDate

16-19 Jan. 2011

Firstpage

375

Lastpage

378

Abstract

Industrial applications of wireless sensor networks often involve radio-harsh environments. These industrial settings typically include an abundance of metallic structures which obstruct, reflect, refract and scatter signals. As a result, RF channel modeling for these environments becomes necessary and important. In this paper, a WSN testbed emulating realistic industrial environments was constructed and developed. With it, RF channel propagation properties were measured and analyzed in 2.4GHz and 5.8GHz ISM bands using vector network analyzer.

Keywords

network analysers; petroleum industry; process control; production facilities; radiowave propagation; wireless sensor networks; ISM bands; RF channel modeling; RF channel propagation properties; WSN testbed; frequency 2.4 GHz; frequency 5.8 GHz; industrial environment; metallic structures; radio-harsh environments; vector network analyzer; Antenna measurements; Delay; Frequency measurement; Loss measurement; Mathematical model; Radio frequency; Wireless sensor networks; Channel modeling; industrial environment; multipath; path loss; rms delay spread; wireless sensor network (WSN);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS), 2011 IEEE

Conference_Location

Phoenix, AZ

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7687-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RWS.2011.5725435

Filename

5725435