Applying ubiquitous wireless technologies for shipboard monitoring systems

Author

Kdouh, H. ; Brousseau, C. ; Zaharia, G. ; Grunfelder, G. ; El Zein, G.

Author_Institution

Inst. d´´Electron. et de Telecommun. de Rennes (IETR), INSA de Rennes, Rennes, France

fYear

2011

fDate

3-7 Oct. 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

This paper studies the feasibility of ubiquitous wireless technologies for shipboard monitoring systems. A measurement campaign has been conducted aboard a ferry boat to study the propagation challenges of wireless communication in this harsh environment. Path loss models have been obtained from the measurements results. We have used these results to determine engineering rules concerning the nodes placement and the number of nodes needed to cover the different decks of the ship. Finally, a wireless sensor network based on the IEEE 802.15.4 standard has been tested successfully on board. Sensor nodes have been placed on the four decks and the sink node related to a laptop has been placed in the control room of the ferry. The placement of nodes was based on the results of the propagation study.

Keywords

UHF radio propagation; monitoring; ships; ubiquitous computing; wireless sensor networks; IEEE 802.15.4 standard; frequency 2.4 GHz; nodes placement; path loss model; radio propagation; shipboard monitoring system; ubiquitous wireless communication technology; wireless sensor network; Antenna measurements; Engines; IEEE 802.15 Standards; Loss measurement; Marine vehicles; Receivers; Wireless sensor networks; IEEE 802.15.4 ships; path loss; wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC), 2011 14th International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Brest

ISSN

1347-6890

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1786-4

Electronic_ISBN

1347-6890

Type

conf

Filename

6081481