Simulation of a wireless sensor network using OPNET

Author

Marghescu, C. ; Pantazica, M. ; Brodeala, A. ; Svasta, P.

Author_Institution

Center for Technol. Electron. & Interconnection Tech., CETTI, Univ. Politeh. of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

fYear

2011

fDate

20-23 Oct. 2011

Firstpage

249

Lastpage

252

Abstract

We aim to evaluate the performance of a ZigBee wireless sensor network using OPNET. The network is intended for a general application and should be able to collect data from many nodes, every node connected to several sensors. One possible application for such a network is in the medical area. At first the network will be used to display the evolution of blood pressure; the body temperature, the ambient temperature and pressure and the level of the transfusion liquid can be collected as well. The network coordinator will transmit the data to a local server for further processing. The simulation will be used to evaluate the general parameters of the wireless network and to optimise it.

Keywords

Zigbee; digital simulation; telecommunication computing; wireless sensor networks; OPNET simulation; ZigBee wireless sensor network; ambient temperature; blood pressure; body temperature; network coordinator; transfusion liquid level; Analytical models; IEEE 802.15 Standards; Mobile communication; Sensors; Wireless networks; Wireless sensor networks; Zigbee; OPNET; ZigBee; medical wireless networks; sensor; wireless sensor network;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Design and Technology in Electronic Packaging (SIITME), 2011 IEEE 17th International Symposium for

Conference_Location

Timisoara

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1276-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4577-1275-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SIITME.2011.6102728

Filename

6102728