Plug-and-play mechanism for plain transducers with wired digital interfaces attached to wireless sensor network nodes

Mikhaylov, Konstantin; Pitkäaho, Tomi; Tervonen, Jouni

doi:10.1504/ijsnet.2013.056336

Cited by 7 publications

(4 citation statements)

References 25 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…This approach permits a WSAN node to have multiple independent processing units and enables the modules to perform their tasks in parallel and request resources from other modules when necessary. Communication between the modules is implemented via Inter‐Integrated Circuit (I2C) bus , which, as reported, for example in , has quite limited module‐identification and extension capabilities.…”

Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The other critical problem in the context of the proposed concept is the need for a mechanism enabling HW modules discovery, identification, and control. The attempt to develop a non‐invasive solution for this problem was reported by us in . Even though the developed mechanisms enabled the MPU getting some information about the digital peripherals around it, the data was not very reliable and the solution scaled up poorly.…”

Section: Proposed Hardware Architecture and Mechanismsmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Design and Implementation of The Plug&Play Enabled Flexible Modular Wireless Sensor and Actuator Network Platform

Mikhaylov

Petäjäjärvi

2017

Asian Journal of Control

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

In this paper we address the problem of increasing the flexibility of the contemporary wireless sensor and actuator networks (WSANs) in regard to the design of the nodes. For this we propose the concept of a Plug&Play enabled modular WSAN node platform. According to our concept, the new WSAN nodes with desired functionalities can be built by stacking together the different hardware modules encapsulating power sources, processing units, wired and wireless transceivers, sensors and actuators, or even sets of these. Once a node is built, it automatically discovers and identifies all the connected hardware modules, obtains required software and tunes its own operation taking into account the node's structure, available resources and active applications. In this paper we first present the concept and then report the developed hardware and software architectures and the most critical mechanisms enabling implementation. Also we discuss the practical implementations and report the evaluation results for the prototyped solution. Our results show that the developed platform is much more feature and resource rich than the existing ones, which is achieved at a cost of increased consumption and size. We believe that the unique features of the proposed platform have the potential to drastically change the procedure of WSAN development, especially when it comes to experimenting and developing dynamic WSANs with a heterogeneous structure. In this respect the hardware identification and reconfiguration capabilities conceived in the platform can be utilized in full and may drastically increase the performance of WSANs, if combined with novel control and optimization schemes yet to be developed.

show abstract

Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Proposed Hardware Architecture and Mechanismsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Design and Implementation of The Plug&Play Enabled Flexible Modular Wireless Sensor and Actuator Network Platform

Mikhaylov

Petäjäjärvi

2017

Asian Journal of Control

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…For instance, in [39], a framework is proposed that uses a plug-and-play mechanism to create groups of transducers in order to minimize network power consumption. Another example is described in [40], where a simplified plug-and-play system is presented. Such a system is able to detect the connection and disconnection of a Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) sensor, to identify the connected sensors and to recover the necessary data from the sensor network.…”

Section: Plug-and-play Mechanisms For Transducer Networkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Home Automation System Based on Intelligent Transducer Enablers

Suárez-Albela

Fraga‐Lamas

Fernández‐Caramés

et al. 2016

Sensors

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This paper presents a novel home automation system named HASITE (Home Automation System based on Intelligent Transducer Enablers), which has been specifically designed to identify and configure transducers easily and quickly. These features are especially useful in situations where many transducers are deployed, since their setup becomes a cumbersome task that consumes a significant amount of time and human resources. HASITE simplifies the deployment of a home automation system by using wireless networks and both self-configuration and self-registration protocols. Thanks to the application of these three elements, HASITE is able to add new transducers by just powering them up. According to the tests performed in different realistic scenarios, a transducer is ready to be used in less than 13 s. Moreover, all HASITE functionalities can be accessed through an API, which also allows for the integration of third-party systems. As an example, an Android application based on the API is presented. Remote users can use it to interact with transducers by just using a regular smartphone or a tablet.

show abstract

“…The wireless sensor network becomes a promising technology for transmission line online monitoring due to its low cost, easy installation, large‐scale coverage, and fault tolerance characteristics . There have been some experimental studies on performance of wireless sensor network platforms in the power system environment , and the paper analyzes the performance of the Mica2 motes in a linear aligned wireless sensor network for long distance overhead power lines. The paper presents an experimental study on the wireless link assessment in different electric power systems including a 500 kv sub‐station.…”

Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Monitoring power transmission lines using a wireless sensor network

Lin

Zhu

Zeng

et al. 2014

Wireless Communications

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Power transmission is the bulk transfer of electrical energy from power plants to sub-stations. A wireless sensor network is a promising technology for transmission line monitoring due to its low cost, easy installation, large-scale coverage, and fault tolerance characteristics. A wireless sensor network is application-specific; therefore, we investigate the new features and requirements of the wireless sensor network used in transmission line monitoring. Then, we propose an efficient wireless sensor network framework, which includes a clustering algorithm to simplify network management and to balance the network's energy consumption and a hybrid media access control (MAC) (H-MAC) protocol to handle traffic variability. The framework takes advantage of the features of network topology and traffic pattern to optimize the protocols' performance on real time and energy efficiency. The results indicate that the H-MAC shows a significant improvement in the network's reliability, real-time performance, and energy efficiency, and the cluster hierarchy can balance the network's energy consumption. Furthermore, the cluster hierarchy also prolongs the network's lifetime.

show abstract

Plug-and-play mechanism for plain transducers with wired digital interfaces attached to wireless sensor network nodes

Cited by 7 publications

References 25 publications

Design and Implementation of The Plug&Play Enabled Flexible Modular Wireless Sensor and Actuator Network Platform

Design and Implementation of The Plug&Play Enabled Flexible Modular Wireless Sensor and Actuator Network Platform

Home Automation System Based on Intelligent Transducer Enablers

Monitoring power transmission lines using a wireless sensor network

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About