IEEE802.11 sensor networking

Author

Ferrari, Paolo ; Flammini, Alessandra ; Marioli, Daniele ; Taroni, Andrea

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. for Autom., Univ. of Brescia, Italy

Volume

55

Issue

2

fYear

2006

fDate

4/1/2006 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

615

Lastpage

619

Abstract

This paper deals with a smart-transducer wireless network for industrial applications. Thanks to its high popularity, a solution based on IEEE802.11 (also known as wireless fidelity or Wi-Fi) is experimentally investigated. A master-slave network organization is proposed to allow several sensors to be connected with generic Wi-Fi devices like PCs; a proprietary protocol over Internet Protocol (IP)/User Datagram Protocol (UDP) has also been developed. Last, some low-cost prototypes have been built to test the network behavior performances in terms of timing characteristics and power dissipation. Experimental results prove the applicability in a soft real-time (nontime-critical) industrial context.

Keywords

intelligent sensors; transport protocols; wireless LAN; wireless sensor networks; IEEE802.11 sensor networking; Internet protocol; Wi-Fi devices; master-slave network organization; smart sensors; smart-transducer wireless network; user datagram protocol; wireless Ethernet; wireless fidelity; IP networks; Master-slave; Performance evaluation; Personal communication networks; Protocols; Prototypes; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Testing; Timing; Wireless sensor networks; IEEE802.11; Internet Protocol (IP); Wireless Ethernet; sensor network; smart sensor;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9456

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TIM.2006.870105

Filename

1608609