DocumentCode :
3006812
Title :
Sensor Network Deployment For Agronomical Data Gathering in Semi-Arid Regions
Author :
Prabhakar, T.V. ; Rao, N V Chalapathi ; Sujay, M.S. ; Panchard, Jacques ; Jamadagni, H.S. ; Pittet, Andre
Author_Institution :
Centre for Electron. Design & Technol., Indian Inst. of Sci., Bangalore, India
fYear :
2007
fDate :
7-12 Jan. 2007
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
6
Abstract :
We share our experience in planning, designing and deploying a wireless sensor network of one square kilometre area. Environmental data such as soil moisture, temperature, barometric pressure, and relative humidity are collected in this area situated in the semi-arid region of Karnataka, India. It is a hope that information derived from this data will benefit the marginal farmer towards improving his farming practices. Soon after establishing the need for such a project, we begin by showing the big picture of such a data gathering network, the software architecture we have used, the range measurements needed for determining the sensor density, and the packaging issues that seem to play a crucial role in field deployments. Our field deployment experiences include designing with intermittent grid power, enhancing software tools to aid quicker and effective deployment, and flash memory corruption. The first results on data gathering look encouraging.
Keywords :
agricultural engineering; data analysis; environmental science computing; operating systems (computers); software architecture; software packages; wireless sensor networks; COTS hardware; TinyOS; agronomical data gathering network; environmental data collection; flash memory corruption; semi-arid region; software architecture; software tool; wireless sensor network deployment; Density measurement; Humidity; Packaging; Software architecture; Software measurement; Software packages; Software tools; Soil moisture; Temperature sensors; Wireless sensor networks; Antenna masts; COTS hardware; MICA2 motes; Sensor deployment; TinyOS;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Communication Systems Software and Middleware, 2007. COMSWARE 2007. 2nd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Bangalore
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0613-7
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/COMSWA.2007.382457
Filename :
4268100
Link To Document :
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