Title :
An ad-hoc sensor network for disaster relief operations
Author :
Pogkas, Nikos ; Karastergios, George ; Antonopoulos, Christos ; Koubias, Stavros ; Papadopoulos, George
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Patras Univ.
Abstract :
This paper presents an ad-hoc sensor network especially developed for a disaster relief application that provides the rescue teams with a quickly deployable, cost-effective and reliable tool to collect information about the presence of people in a collapsed building space and the state of the ruins. The hardware/software architecture of the wireless sensor nodes is developed for a low cost design implementation. Energy efficiency is another objective of this paper, achieved by the combination of a low power mode algorithm and a power aware routing strategy. A selected set of simulation studies indicate a reduction in energy consumption and a significant increase in node lifetime whereas network performance is not affected significantly. Finally, a lightweight management architecture is presented to facilitate autonomous management of ad-hoc sensor networks
Keywords :
ad hoc networks; disasters; public administration; telecommunication network management; wireless sensor networks; ad-hoc sensor network; disaster relief operation; hardware-software architecture; lightweight management architecture; network performance; power aware routing strategy; wireless sensor nodes; Ad hoc networks; Buildings; Costs; Energy consumption; Image sensors; Network topology; Routing; Sensor systems and applications; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, 2005. ETFA 2005. 10th IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Catania
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9401-1
DOI :
10.1109/ETFA.2005.1612672