Approach to power prediction in WSN using propagation models: Practical analysis applied in water reservoirs

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) are already trend in many applications, environmental modeling in this network is of fundamental importance to maintain communication between modules always in acceptable power transmission and reception levels. Faced with this challenge the aim of this work is to conduct a study on the propagation of radio frequency signals in WSN applied in an environment used as water reservoir, this analysis will be done by comparing the real values Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) with the estimates proposed by some of the most used power prediction models for WSN, thus achieving the best modeling of the proposed environment and thus determine which power prediction model more suitable for the application.