Prototypes of opportunistic wireless sensor network for temperature monitoring and control

Environment monitoring and control is the next evolutionary development step in building, utilities, industrial, home, shipboard and transportation systems automation. Wireless sensor network technologies are becoming increasingly essential in the arena of smart homes to provide the residents with various intelligent services. However, due to their limited energy and hardware capabilities (storage, communication and processing), WSNs are not so popular. In this paper, an IEEE 802.15.4 based intelligent network prototype has been designed, implemented and tested for automatic temperature monitoring and control in smart homes. The system is designed considering the limited power, storage, processing power and bandwidth of sensor nodes.