Title :
Feasibility analysis of wireless underground sensor networks for agro-ecological zones of Bangladesh
Author :
Islam, S.M.R. ; Ahsan, Md Alimul
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Khulna Univ. of Eng. & Technol. (KUET), Khulna, Bangladesh
Abstract :
Wireless Underground Sensor Networks (WUSNs) have some high promising applications in agriculture, security, infrastructure monitoring etc. The main difference between WUSNs and the terrestrial wireless sensor networks is the communication medium. The straightforward characterization of the underground wireless channel is not possible. Because, there are significant differences between the propagation characteristics of electromagnetic (EM) waves in soil and in air. To this end, advanced channel models were derived to characterize the underground wireless channel considering propagation of EM waves in soil, soil composition, soil moisture etc. Bangladesh has 30 Agro-Ecological Zones (AEZ) with different soil composition and soil moisture in different seasons. So, in this paper, the feasibility of the channel models for those zones of Bangladesh is investigated. Future development for implementing WUSNs is also discussed.
Keywords :
radiowave propagation; soil; underground communication; wireless channels; wireless sensor networks; AEZ; Bangladesh; EM wave propagation; WUSN; agriculture monitoring; agroecological zone; communication medium underground wireless channel; electromagnetic wave propagation; feasibility analysis; infrastructure monitoring; security monitoring; soil composition; soil moisture; terrestrial wireless underground sensor network; Ad hoc networks; Communication system security; Monitoring; Rivers; Soil; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; Agro-Ecological Zone(AEZ); Wireless Underground Sensor Network (WUSN);
Conference_Titel :
Advances in Electrical Engineering (ICAEE), 2013 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dhaka
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-2463-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICAEE.2013.6750351
