Enabling Localization in WSNs with Solar-Powered End Devices

Author

Vyas, Rushi ; Lakafosis, Vasileios ; Tentzeris, Manos

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA

fYear

2010

fDate

7-9 June 2010

Firstpage

155

Lastpage

160

Abstract

A novel remote localization system utilizing renewable solar energy to power and trigger communication between end devices and a wireless network is presented. The novelty of the system is the unique node design that allows for battery less operation using ambient solar energy. Hardware and software design considerations involved in making the localization system operational inspite of the limitations of solar power are outlined. The final functioning localization system results as an end application are presented. A remote localization system with very good accuracy utilizing this end node communicating with a WSN is showcased as an end application with tremendous potential.

Keywords

solar power; wireless sensor networks; WSN; end node communicating; remote localization system; renewable solar energy; solar-powered end devices; Application software; Batteries; Computer networks; Hardware; Pervasive computing; Photovoltaic cells; Power engineering computing; Radio frequency; Solar energy; Wireless sensor networks; Ambient power; Power Scavenging; RF; RFID; Solar; WSN; localization; microcontroller; wireless sensor node;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Sensor Networks, Ubiquitous, and Trustworthy Computing (SUTC), 2010 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Newport Beach, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7087-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SUTC.2010.52

Filename

5504683