CitySee: not only a wireless sensor network

Author

Yunhao Liu ; Xufei Mao ; Yuan He ; Kebin Liu ; Wei Gong ; Jiliang Wang

Author_Institution

Sch. of Software, Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China

Volume

27

Issue

5

fYear

2013

fDate

September-October 2013

Firstpage

42

Lastpage

47

Abstract

CitySee, an environment monitoring system with 1196 sensor nodes and 4 mesh nodes in an urban area, is mainly motivated by the needs of precise carbon emission measurement and real-time surveillance for CO² management in cities. Being one of the largest working wireless sensor networks, CitySee faces several challenges such as hardware design, software development, platforms, network protocols, and, most important, satisfactory services to users. We share some early lessons learned from this project, illustrate the potential benefits and risks of current solutions, and discuss the possible extensions of CitySee applications.

Keywords

air pollution measurement; cloud computing; data visualisation; environmental monitoring (geophysics); environmental science computing; wireless sensor networks; CitySee environment monitoring system; carbon dioxide management; carbon emission measurement; hardware design; network protocols; satisfactory services; software development; wireless sensor network; Cloud computing; Pervasive computing; Sensors; Synchronization; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Network, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0890-8044

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MNET.2013.6616114

Filename

6616114