Energy-efficient tracking for wireless sensor networks

Author

Mihai, Machedon-Pisu ; Adrian, Nedelcu ; Iuliu, Szekely ; Gheorghe, Morariu ; Mihai, Miron ; Csaba-Zoltan, Kertesz

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Comput., Transilvania Univ. of Brasov, Brasov, Romania

fYear

2009

fDate

6-7 Nov. 2009

Firstpage

163

Lastpage

168

Abstract

The wireless sensor network is a special type of network and one of its main requirements refers to energy efficiency. This paper deals with the first step in tracking: localization in wireless networks, in which the energy resources are limited. The radio communications are provided by the IEEE 802.15.4 standard (ZigBee) and by testing in different indoor scenarios, with different power levels, it can be determined whether this standard can be successfully implemented in wireless sensor networks for tracking applications. The results of these measurements are presented in the paper and solutions are given to the issue of precision tracking with less power consumption.

Keywords

radiocommunication; telecommunication standards; wireless LAN; wireless sensor networks; IEEE 802.15.4 standard; ZigBee; energy-efficient tracking; radio communications; wireless sensor networks; Collaboration; Communication standards; Costs; Energy efficiency; Radio frequency; Target tracking; Testing; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; ZigBee; energy efficiency; tracking; wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Robotic and Sensors Environments, 2009. ROSE 2009. IEEE International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Lecco

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4777-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4778-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ROSE.2009.5356000

Filename

5356000