Design and Implementation of WIreless Sensor Networks for Habitat Monitoring (2003)
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@TECHREPORT{Polastre03designand,
author = {Joseph Robert Polastre},
title = {Design and Implementation of WIreless Sensor Networks for Habitat Monitoring},
institution = {},
year = {2003}
}
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Abstract
We provide an in-depth study of applying wireless sensor networks to real-world habitat monitoring. A set of system design requirements were developed that cover the hardware design of the nodes, the design of the sensor network, and the capabilities for remote data access and management. We propose a system architecture that addresses these requirements for habitat monitoring in general. We present an in-depth discussion of the implementation of the architecture for habitat monitoring. In the summer of 2002, 32 nodes were deployed on a small island off the coast of Maine streaming useful live data onto the web using our implementation. Results from the deployment show the profound impact software and hardware power management has on node longevity. The effectiveness of the system architecture is shown through the packet throughput and through the delivery of over 1.2 million readings logged at our database in Berkeley. The system operated for over four months; it provided data for two months after researchers had left the island for the winter due to poor weather conditions. The application-driven design exercise serves to identify important areas of further work in power management, data sampling, communications, network retasking, and health monitoring. We discuss the lessons learned from our deployment and provide a series of solutions that include new hardware, software, and protective enclosures.
