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Download Configuring a Wireless Sensor Network: Design, Implementation, and Data Analysis - Prof. P and more Study Guides, Projects, Research Electrical and Electronics Engineering in PDF only on Docsity! Wireless Sensor Networks Background Wireless networks are becoming sufficiently low-cost that deploying hundreds of individual sensors in a distributed sensor network now is realistic. The applications for such wireless sensor networks is very broad: environmental measurements (e.g. temperature, stream flow, meteorology, atmospheric and water pollutants, etc.), civil infrastructure measurements (e.g. bridges, buildings, pipelines, etc.), industrial control (e.g. temperature, flow, vibration), and many others. Project The objective of this project is to configure a small wireless sensor network (e.g. on the order of 8 wireless modules with one to several sensors per module) and deploy these in a field setting demonstrating the availability of the sensor data in real-time. The complete system will include the following components and related software:  Sensors (e.g. temperature, flow, strain, ground motion, position, etc.)  Wireless modules (e.g. the MICA Mote, http://www.xbow.com, and related software, http://webs.cs.berkeley.edu/tos ).  Gateway providing TCP/IP network access to the wireless modules and their sensor data. The project will evolve in the following stages:  Problem definition. A survey should be conducted of the literature related to wireless sensor networks and available hardware. Develop a set of specifications for the hardware including the number of sensors which must be networked, their anticipated range from one another, how they will communicate (e.g. mesh network, star network, etc.), and how they will interact with the outside world.  System design. Based on the requirements developed earlier, design the wireless sensor network and specify the hardware components which must be acquired.  Hardware fabrication, software development, and integration. Become familiar with the wireless sensor modules, interface the sensors, develop the data acquisition software, and integrate the wireless sensors together.  System testing. Carry out testing of the wireless sensor network in a laboratory setting.  Data acquisition and analysis. Deploy the wireless sensor network in the field, collect data, and demonstrate real-time access to the distributed sensor data.  Report. Summarize the entire evolution of the project in a final report.