Title :
Fiber Bragg Grating Wireless Sensors Network
Author :
Zhou, Haibin ; Liu, Bo ; Liu, Yange
Author_Institution :
Inst. of modern Opt., Nankai Univ., Tianjin
Abstract :
We demonstrate a novel wireless sensors network available for multi-dimension and multi-parameter measurement based on fiber Bragg grating sensing units. The combination of wireless communication with the fiber Bragg grating sensors obtains obvious advantages including inherent immunity to electromagnetic interference, compact size and high sensitivity compared with conditional wireless sensing network based on electronic elements. Additionally, data collection, processing and transmission of sensing information are achieved by forming a multi-jump and self-organized network via wireless communication. Considering its unique advantages, this kind of wireless sensors network has wide application in many harsh environment, such as desert, wasteland and the health monitoring of some complicated buildings.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; radio-over-fibre; wireless sensor networks; data collection; electronic elements; fiber Bragg grating wireless sensors network; health monitoring; multiparameter measurement; self-organized network; wasteland monitoring; Electromagnetic measurements; Monitoring; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber sensors; Optical network units; Optical sensors; Sensor arrays; Sensor systems; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing, 2008. WiCOM '08. 4th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dalian
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2107-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2108-4
DOI :
10.1109/WiCom.2008.962