Mobile ad hoc networks for in situ atmospheric sensing

Author

Adams, Mark L. ; Manobianco, J.

Author_Institution

ENSCO Inc., Melbourne, FL, USA

fYear

2005

fDate

2005

Abstract

ENSCO, Inc. is developing on innovative atmospheric observing system known as global environmental micro sensors (GEMS). The GEMS concept features in situ airborne buoyant probes that can take measurements over all regions of the Earth. The probes will communicate with other probes and remote ground and/or space-based receiving platforms using radio frequency transmissions to form a wireless network of passive Lagrangian drifters. For a successful GEMS system, the most important network function is to relay timely data to one or more receiving stations. In this paper, we describe both the GEMS system and probe design as well as discuss the trade-offs associated with optimizing a three-dimensional, mobile, airborne network comprised of low-cost, low-power probes. We also analyse and present measured data to determine the performance of a representative GEMS prototype system under actual environmental conditions and various aspects of mobility.

Keywords

ad hoc networks; atmospheric measuring apparatus; microsensors; mobile radio; probes; radiotelemetry; satellite telemetry; wireless sensor networks; Earth; airborne network; global environmental micro sensors; in situ airborne buoyant; in situ atmospheric sensing; mobile ad hoc networks; passive Lagrangian drifters; probe design; radio frequency transmissions; remote ground; space-based receiving platforms; wireless network; Atmospheric measurements; Design optimization; Earth; Lagrangian functions; Mobile ad hoc networks; Probes; Radio frequency; Relays; Sensor systems; Transfer functions;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless and Microwave Technology, 2005. WAMICON 2005. The 2005 IEEE Annual Conference

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8861-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WAMIC.2005.1528365

Filename

1528365