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

fYear

2013

fDate

19-21 Dec. 2013

Firstpage

296

Lastpage

300

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);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advances in Electrical Engineering (ICAEE), 2013 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Dhaka

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-2463-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICAEE.2013.6750351

Filename

6750351