Practical Remarks on Designing a Local Segment in a Wide-area Wireless Sensor Network for Measuring Factors Hazardous to the Environment
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5755/j01.eee.18.9.2821Keywords:
Mesh, multi-hop, IEEE 802.15.4, ZigBeeAbstract
In order to construct an effective wide-area sensor network, an optimal solution consists in dividing it into a local and a core segment. On the local side, the ZigBee technology is commonly applied to transfer sensor data as it offers effective mechanisms of self-organization and automatic reorganization in case of failure. Since ZigBee is claimed to be natively suited to multi-hop transmission, its performance – in terms of throughput and delay – was quantitatively tested in a chain topology consisting of up to five hops. The achievable data rates were found to be exponentially decreasing with successive hops whereas the delay was growing linearly. A strong dependence was also confirmed between an antenna type used on ZigBee devices and the maximum achievable operating range.Downloads
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2012-11-09
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Staniec, K., Habrych, M., Rutecki, K., & Miedziński, B. (2012). Practical Remarks on Designing a Local Segment in a Wide-area Wireless Sensor Network for Measuring Factors Hazardous to the Environment. Elektronika Ir Elektrotechnika, 18(9), 109-112. https://doi.org/10.5755/j01.eee.18.9.2821
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