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Environmental Wireless Sensor Networks

A special issue of Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks (ISSN 2224-2708).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 October 2014) | Viewed by 25188

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Prof. Dr. Kirk Martinez

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Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
Interests: Internet of Things; environmental sensor networks; imaging
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Prof. Dr. Jane K. Hart

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Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton, SO14 Southampton, UK
Interests: Glacial geology; sedimentology; Quaternary and Modern glacial environments

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Wireless Sensor Networks design for earth science applications have led to an area of research often described as Environmental Sensor Networks. These have to tackle the often hostile environments being sensed, including volcanoes, oceans, forests, and glaciers.

This Special Issue will bring together papers that describe complete systems and their deployment, as well as key technological advances brought about by challenging conditions.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

  • radio communications for deployed WSNs
  • energy management
  • energy harvesting
  • data management
  • user-centered design and interfaces
  • system management
  • novel platforms and hardware
  • autonomous behavior
  • use of 6LowPan in real-world deployments

Dr. Kirk Martinez
Prof. Dr. Jane K. Hart
Guest Editor

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Context-Aware Local Optimization of Sensor Network Deployment
by Meysam Argany, Mir Abolfazl Mostafavi and Christian Gagné
J. Sens. Actuator Netw. 2015, 4(3), 160-188; https://doi.org/10.3390/jsan4030160 - 23 Jul 2015
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Wireless sensor networks are increasingly used for tracking and monitoring dynamic phenomena in urban and natural areas. Spatial coverage is an important issue in sensor networks in order to fulfill the needs of sensing applications. Optimization methods are widely used to efficiently distribute [...] Read more.
Wireless sensor networks are increasingly used for tracking and monitoring dynamic phenomena in urban and natural areas. Spatial coverage is an important issue in sensor networks in order to fulfill the needs of sensing applications. Optimization methods are widely used to efficiently distribute sensor nodes in the network to achieve a desired level of coverage. Most of the existing algorithms do not consider the characteristics of the real environment in the optimization process. In this paper, we propose the integration of contextual information in optimization algorithms to improve sensor network coverage. First, we investigate the implication of contextual information in sensor networks. Then, a conceptual framework for local context-aware sensor network deployment optimization method is introduced and related algorithms are presented in detail. Finally, several experiments are carried out to evaluate the validity of the proposed method. The results obtained from these experiments show the effectiveness of our approach in different contextual situations. Full article
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Towards Long-Term Multi-Hop WSN Deployments for Environmental Monitoring: An Experimental Network Evaluation
by Miguel Navarro, Tyler W. Davis, German Villalba, Yimei Li, Xiaoyang Zhong, Newlyn Erratt, Xu Liang and Yao Liang
J. Sens. Actuator Netw. 2014, 3(4), 297-330; https://doi.org/10.3390/jsan3040297 - 5 Dec 2014
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This paper explores the network performance and costs associated with the deployment, labor, and maintenance of a long-term outdoor multi-hop wireless sensor network (WSN) located at the Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania (ASWP), which has been in operation for more than four years [...] Read more.
This paper explores the network performance and costs associated with the deployment, labor, and maintenance of a long-term outdoor multi-hop wireless sensor network (WSN) located at the Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania (ASWP), which has been in operation for more than four years for environmental data collection. The WSN performance is studied over selected time periods during the network deployment time, based on two different TinyOS-based WSN routing protocols: commercial XMesh and the open-source Collection Tree Protocol (CTP). Empirical results show that the network performance is improved with CTP (i.e., 79% packet reception rate, 96% packet success rate and 0.2% duplicate packets), versus using XMesh (i.e., 36% packet reception rate and 46% packet success rate, with 3%–4% duplicate packets). The deployment cost of the 52-node, 253-sensor WSN is $31,500 with an additional $600 per month in labor and maintenance resulting in a cost of $184 m−2·y−1 of sensed area. Network maintenance during the first four years of operation was performed on average every 12 days, costing approximately $187 for each field visit. Full article
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On the Modeling of Solar-Powered Wireless Sensor Nodes
by Sebastian Bader, Xinyu Ma and Bengt Oelmann
J. Sens. Actuator Netw. 2014, 3(3), 207-223; https://doi.org/10.3390/jsan3030207 - 4 Aug 2014
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Solar energy harvesting allows for wireless sensor networks to be operated over extended periods of time. In order to select an appropriate harvesting architecture and dimension for its components, an effective method for the comparison of system implementations is required. System simulations have [...] Read more.
Solar energy harvesting allows for wireless sensor networks to be operated over extended periods of time. In order to select an appropriate harvesting architecture and dimension for its components, an effective method for the comparison of system implementations is required. System simulations have the capability to accomplish this in an accurate and efficient manner. In this paper, we evaluate the existing work on solar energy harvesting architectures and common methods for their modeling. An analysis of the existing approaches demonstrates a mismatch between the requirement of the task to be both accurate and efficient and the proposed modeling methods, which are either accurate or efficient. As a result, we propose a data-driven modeling method based on artificial neural networks for further evaluation by the research community. Preliminary results of an initial investigation demonstrate the capability of this method to accurately capture the behavior of a solar energy harvesting architecture, while providing a time-efficient model generation procedure based on system-level data. Full article
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