An analysis of a large scale habitat monitoring application

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An analysis of a large scale habitat monitoring application (2004)

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by Robert Szewczyk , Alan Mainwaring , Joseph Polastre , John Anderson , David Culler

Venue:	IN PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND ACM CONFERENCE ON EMBEDDED NETWORKED SENSOR SYSTEMS (SENSYS
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@INPROCEEDINGS{Szewczyk04ananalysis,
    author = {Robert Szewczyk and Alan Mainwaring and Joseph Polastre and John Anderson and David Culler},
    title = {An analysis of a large scale habitat monitoring application},
    booktitle = {IN PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND ACM CONFERENCE ON EMBEDDED NETWORKED SENSOR SYSTEMS (SENSYS},
    year = {2004},
    publisher = {}
}

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Abstract

Habitat and environmental monitoring is a driving application for wireless sensor networks. We present an analysis of data from a second generation sensor networks deployed during the summer and autumn of 2003. During a 4 month deployment, these networks, consisting of 150 devices, produced unique datasets for both systems and biological analysis. This paper focuses on nodal and network performance, with an emphasis on lifetime, reliability, and the the static and dynamic aspects of single and multi-hop networks. We compare the results collected to expectations set during the design phase: we were able to accurately predict lifetime of the single-hop network, but we underestimated the impact of multihop traffic overhearing and the nuances of power source selection. While initial packet loss data was commensurate with lab experiments, over the duration of the deployment, reliability of the backend infrastructure and the transit network had a dominant impact on overall network performance. Finally, we evaluate the physical design of the sensor node based on deployment experience and a post mortem analysis. The results shed light on a number of design issues from network deployment, through selection of power sources to optimizations of routing decisions.

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large scale habitat monitoring application backend infrastructure post mortem analysis dynamic aspect subject descriptor power source selection transit network biological analysis second generation sensor network power source design issue multihop traffic physical design network performance dominant impact deployment experience sensor node month deployment design phase environmental monitoring multi-hop network single-hop network unique datasets network deployment initial packet loss data predict lifetime wireless sensor network lab experiment overall network performance driving application

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