Title :
From development in the laboratory to deployment in the home:Trouble and strife with sensor networks.
Author :
Harris, E. ; Krishna, R. ; Chalmers, D. ; Fitzpatrick, G. ; Stringer, M.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Sussex, Brighton
Abstract :
This paper examines the process of customizing Particle sensors for use in a home energy monitoring project. Our developments affected sensor hardware, sensor software and data capture. The developed sensors have been deployed in two homes in the UK. We examine the issues in using 3rd party toolkits to undertake research and suggest design and process enhancements to better assist with the deployment of sensors in homes.
Keywords :
computerised monitoring; home automation; home computing; ubiquitous computing; wireless sensor networks; 3rd party toolkits; data capture; home energy monitoring project; particle sensors; sensor hardware; sensor software; Application software; Buildings; Computer networks; Energy consumption; Laboratories; Monitoring; Pervasive computing; Temperature sensors; Ubiquitous computing; Wireless sensor networks; applications; energy.; home; sensor nodes; ubiquitous computing;
Conference_Titel :
Local Computer Networks, 2007. LCN 2007. 32nd IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dublin
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-3000-1
Electronic_ISBN :
0742-1303
DOI :
10.1109/LCN.2007.158
