A City-Wide Smart Wireless Sewer Sensor Network Using Parasitic Slot Array Antennas

Author

Jeong, Seongheon ; Chappell, William J.

Author_Institution

IDEAS Microwave Lab., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA

Volume

9

fYear

2010

fDate

7/2/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

760

Lastpage

763

Abstract

A city-wide wireless sewer sensor network can be made intelligent by having parasitic slot array manhole cover antennas. The utilization of parasitic antennas is explored to demonstrate the effect of limited beam scanning on a real sensor network system. The combination of an electronically steerable beamforming capability and an angular diversity technique in this antenna allowed the antenna to adapt to its radio environment and find optimal receive characteristics. The sensor measurement result indicates that the intelligence of the antenna significantly improves packet reception rate and received signal strength indication (RSSI). We improved by 64% in packet rate and 10 dB in RSSI, compared to a uniformly radiating dipole antenna.

Keywords

intelligent sensors; slot antenna arrays; wireless sensor networks; RSSI; angular diversity technique; beam scanning; city-wide smart wireless sewer sensor network; electronic steerable beamforming; packet reception rate; parasitic slot array manhole cover antennas; received signal strength indication; sensor measurement; uniform radiating dipole antenna; Adaptive arrays; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Arrays; Impedance; Wireless sensor networks; Combined sewer overflow; parasitic array antenna; smart manhole cover antenna; wireless sensor network;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1536-1225

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LAWP.2010.2060710

Filename

5523879