TestbedProfiler: A validation tool for wireless sensor network testbed deployment

Author

Metcalf, C.S. ; Camp, Tracy ; Colagrosso, Michael ; Chase, Oliver

fYear

2010

fDate

10-14 Oct. 2010

Firstpage

188

Lastpage

191

Abstract

We present TestbedProfiler, a wireless sensor network application suite developed to help guide the installation of WSN testbeds. TestbedProfiler can be used to assist the deployment of a WSN testbed by evaluating proposed mote locations in terms of connectivity and signal strength. We developed TestbedProfiler and used it to evaluate the Casino Lab and the Edgar Mine testbeds owned by the Colorado School of Mines. We found TestbedProfiler to be instrumental in understanding how the motes communicate and how the testbeds could be improved. We believe that TestbedProfiler can improve testbed deployments, leading to improved real-life wireless sensor network applications.

Keywords

quality of service; wireless sensor networks; Casino Lab; TestbedProfiler; connectivity strength; signal strength; validation tool; wireless sensor network testbed deployment; Capability maturity model; Educational institutions; Hardware; Servers; Software; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; WSN testbed; WSN testbed deployment; wireless sensor network testbed;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Local Computer Networks (LCN), 2010 IEEE 35th Conference on

Conference_Location

Denver, CO

ISSN

0742-1303

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8387-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LCN.2010.5735697

Filename

5735697