A two-tier hierarchical network for adverse events monitoring

Author

Valente, Fabio ; Zacheo, Giammarco ; Losito, Pierfrancesco ; Corsi, Francesco

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Elettrotec. ed Elettron., Politec. di Bari, Bari, Italy

fYear

2009

fDate

25-26 June 2009

Firstpage

207

Lastpage

212

Abstract

In this paper we propose a flexible two-level architecture for wireless communications in areas where the deployment of wired networks is not feasible, as in disaster recovery scenarios. The first layer of communication guarantees medium-range transmission, being based on the IEEE 802.11s draft for Mesh Networking. The lower one is instead optimized for short-range, low-power communication between sensor and actuator nodes, most of which are battery-powered. The system architecture and related features are described in detail, and some preliminary experimental results of the subsystems are presented.

Keywords

environmental management; telecommunication standards; wireless sensor networks; IEEE 802.11; Zigbee; actuator nodes; adverse events monitoring; disaster recovery scenarios; environmental monitoring; medium-range transmission; mesh networking; sensor nodes; two-level architecture; two-tier hierarchical network; wired networks; wireless communications; wireless sensor networks; Actuators; Buildings; Costs; Disaster management; Monitoring; Power system management; Routing; Scalability; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; Environmental monitoring; Mesh Networks; Wireless Sensor Networks; Zigbee;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advances in sensors and Interfaces, 2009. IWASI 2009. 3rd International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Trani

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4708-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4709-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IWASI.2009.5184797

Filename

5184797