Title :
An empirical link-quality analysis for wireless sensor networks
Author :
Chehri, Abdellah ; Mouftah, Hussein
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Inf. Technol. & Eng., Univ. of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
fDate :
Jan. 30 2012-Feb. 2 2012
Abstract :
Wireless Sensor networks (WSNs) are composed of small hardware devices that possess the ability to measure and exchange a variety of environmental data. In this paper, we measured the radio characteristics of IEEE 802.15.4 for wireless sensor networks. The system is mainly composed of mobile and static ZigBee nodes, which are deployed on the underground mine galleries. Based on measured data, we describe the link characteristics such as received signal strength, latency and throughput for different scenarios. We consider the impact of these findings on the design of WSN for monitoring applications in underground mines.
Keywords :
Zigbee; mining industry; wireless sensor networks; IEEE 802.15.4; empirical link-quality analysis; mining industry; mobile ZigBee node; static ZigBee node; underground mine galleries; wireless sensor networks; Ad hoc networks; IEEE 802.15 Standards; Monitoring; Throughput; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; Zigbee;
Conference_Titel :
Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Maui, HI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0008-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0723-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICCNC.2012.6167403
