Energy efficiency analysis of wireless sensors used in infrastructure monitoring

Author

Zhu, Jin ; Salim, M.D. ; Holavannur, Pratiksha

Author_Institution

Dept. of Ind. Technol., Univ. of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2010

fDate

1-3 Aug. 2010

Abstract

This paper discusses the implementation of a wireless sensor network for infrastructure monitoring. A prototype system using IEEE 802.15.4 standard compliant transceiver has been tested in a laboratory. Since battery powered wireless sensors smaller in size are usually preferred for easy deployment, the energy efficiency and lifetime has to be carefully evaluated before field deployment. The power consumption for different operation scenarios has been tested, and battery lifetime is analyzed based on the test results. The feasibility of the proposed system in infrastructure monitoring is discussed.

Keywords

IEEE standards; condition monitoring; personal area networks; structural engineering; wireless sensor networks; IEEE 802.15.4 standard compliant transceiver; battery lifetime; battery powered wireless sensors; energy efficiency analysis; infrastructure monitoring; wireless personal area network; wireless sensor network; Companies; Monitoring; RNA; Resistors; Sensors; Wire; energy efficiency; infrastructure monitoring; power consumption; wireless sensor network;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mechanical and Electronics Engineering (ICMEE), 2010 2nd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kyoto

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7479-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-7481-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMEE.2010.5558412

Filename

5558412