Title :
Low-Power Personal Area Network Application Development Platform
Author :
Prokic, M. ; Chenard, J.-S. ; Zhang, R. ; Zilic, Z.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, Que.
Abstract :
In this paper, we describe a wireless system infrastructure made for data collection and re-distribution in applications such as assets tracking. The system was designed to be flexible and rapidly reprogrammable, while keeping low-power and low-cost as the primary design objectives. The system comprises three distinct components - embedded nodes with user interface, network coordination and routing unit, as well as a database and dynamic Web page server. The hardware and the software were designed to be modular and expandable. The complete infrastructure was built and tested in the form of a wireless conference manager. The system has already been deployed at two high-profile IEEE international conferences. Testing and verification results collected at these events demonstrate its suitability as well as expendability for new requirements and applications
Keywords :
Internet; computer network management; personal area networks; Web page server; assets tracking; data collection; data redistribution; low-power personal area network application; network coordination; wireless conference manager; wireless system infrastructure; Conference management; Databases; Hardware; Network servers; Personal area networks; Routing; Software design; Testing; User interfaces; Web pages; IEEE 802.15.4; Sensor networks; firmware and hardware design;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Electronics, 2006 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0496-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0497-5
DOI :
10.1109/ISIE.2006.296125
