Title :
Design of a Long-Range Wireless Sensor Node
Author :
Willis, Simon ; Kikkert, Cornelis J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., James Cook Univ., Townsville, Qld.
Abstract :
The use of wireless sensor network technology for environmental monitoring is becoming increasingly important. A major limitation of existing sensor nodes is their short transmission range. This paper introduces the JCUMote which is based on the Mica2 Mote, but has a transmission range up to 10 km. This paper discusses the design of the transceiver hardware, in particular the RF power amplifier and receiver isolation network for the JCUMote
Keywords :
computerised monitoring; power amplifiers; radiofrequency amplifiers; transceivers; wireless sensor networks; 10 km; JCUMote; Mica2 Mote; RF power amplifier; ad-hoc network; environmental monitoring; long-range wireless sensor node; receiver isolation network; transceiver hardware; wireless sensor network technology; Australia; Batteries; Cows; Frequency shift keying; Monitoring; Power amplifiers; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Sensor systems and applications; Transceivers; Wireless sensor networks; ad-hoc network; long-range; sensor network;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 2006. APCCAS 2006. IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0387-1
DOI :
10.1109/APCCAS.2006.342336
