Green monitoring using a Wide Area Radio Network for Sensor (WARNS) communication

Author

Bhagavatula, Venumadhav ; Wesson, William ; Rudell, Jacques C.

Author_Institution

Electr. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

fYear

2011

fDate

25-28 July 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Enabling long-range, small form-factor transceivers can address a number of green and environmental monitoring applications. This paper explores an alternative method for sensor data communication using long-range wireless transceivers to communicate sensor data. A Wide Area Radio Network for Sensor (WARNS) communication which allows direct communication of a sensor mote to a base-station several kilometers away is proposed along with a discussion on the associated hardware challenges. A study is also provided for one of the most challenging hardware blocks in a WARNS radio, the Power Amplifier (PA).

Keywords

radio transceivers; radiotelemetry; wide area networks; wireless sensor networks; base station; environmental monitoring; green monitoring; long-range wireless transceivers; power amplifier; sensor data communication; small form-factor transceivers; wide area radio network; Capacitors; Materials; Regulators; energy harvesting; mesh networks; power amplifier; sensor motes; smart grid; solar cells;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Green Computing Conference and Workshops (IGCC), 2011 International

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1222-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGCC.2011.6008605

Filename

6008605