• DocumentCode
    123982
  • Title

    Prospeckz-5 -- A Wireless Sensor Platform for Tracking and Monitoring of Wild Horses

  • Author

    Mann, Janek ; Radoi, Ion Emilian ; Arvind, Dk

  • Author_Institution
    Centre for Speckled Comput., Univ. of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    27-29 Aug. 2014
  • Firstpage
    700
  • Lastpage
    703
  • Abstract
    This paper addresses the use of on-body sensors for tracking and monitoring Retuerta wild horses (one of the oldest horse breeds in Europe) over a 12-month period in the Doñana National Park, Andalusia, Spain. The challenges are outlined and the design of the Prospeckz-5 platform, which is used in both the sensor node on the horses and in the base stations for gathering data, is described. Results are presented for tests on the performance of the antenna and the solar cell array charger ahead of deployment on the horses in Spain.
  • Keywords
    body sensor networks; Prospeckz-5 platform; Retuerta wild horses; on-body sensors; solar cell array charger; wireless sensor platform; Antennas; Base stations; Batteries; Global Positioning System; Horses; Photovoltaic cells; GPS; Prospeckz-5; Wireless sensor networks; animal tracking; energy harvesting;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Digital System Design (DSD), 2014 17th Euromicro Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Verona
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/DSD.2014.102
  • Filename
    6927317