Environmental wireless sensor network for road traffic applications

Author

Guevara, Jean ; Barrero, F. ; Vargas, Enrique ; Becerra, J. ; Toral, Sergio

Author_Institution

Electron. Eng. Dept., Catholic Univ. of Asuncion, Asuncion, Paraguay

Volume

6

Issue

2

fYear

2012

fDate

6/1/2012 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

177

Lastpage

186

Abstract

The Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) concept has been recently introduced to define modern embedded systems with enhanced digital connectivity, combining people, vehicles and public infrastructure. The smart transducer concept has been also established by the IEEE 1451 Standard to simplify the scalability of networked electronic equipments. Both of them, smart transducers and ITS, have become a reality in the last decade. This study describes the design and implementation of an environmental wireless sensor network that characterises air quality in Asuncion, Paraguay. Mobile sensor devices in public transport vehicles provide an effective mechanism to develop an efficient solution for this characterisation. The development of the sensor network is presented and experimental results obtained for the characterisation of the proposed environmental monitoring system are provided.

Keywords

air pollution; automated highways; embedded systems; environmental monitoring (geophysics); environmental science computing; geophysical techniques; road traffic; transducers; wireless sensor networks; Asuncion; IEEE 1451 Standard; ITS; Paraguay; air quality; embedded systems; enhanced digital connectivity; environmental monitoring system; environmental wireless sensor network; intelligent transportation system concept; mobile sensor devices; networked electronic equipments; public infrastructure; public transport vehicles; road traffic applications; smart transducer concept;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Intelligent Transport Systems, IET

Publisher

iet

ISSN

1751-956X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1049/iet-its.2010.0205

Filename

6205799