TY - GEN
T1 - Mobile data harvesting in wireless underground sensor networks
AU - Tooker, John
AU - Vuran, Mehmet C.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Wireless Underground Sensor Networks (WUSNs) allow for continuous field monitoring without interfering with aboveground activities, such as plowing or football games. Due to the increased path loss in soil, it is challenging to ensure that a large-scale underground network is connected while still being cost effective in terms of deployment and maintenance. In this paper, a practical WUSN architecture is developed, consisting of mobile nodes that harvest data from stationary underground nodes. To this end, the impacts of packet size and error control schemes on network performance are investigated through field experiments. By developing a better understanding of the wireless channel and the reliability between underground and aboveground nodes, a family of mobile WUSN protocols is developed and evaluated in terms of packet delivery success, delay tolerance and network lifetime.
AB - Wireless Underground Sensor Networks (WUSNs) allow for continuous field monitoring without interfering with aboveground activities, such as plowing or football games. Due to the increased path loss in soil, it is challenging to ensure that a large-scale underground network is connected while still being cost effective in terms of deployment and maintenance. In this paper, a practical WUSN architecture is developed, consisting of mobile nodes that harvest data from stationary underground nodes. To this end, the impacts of packet size and error control schemes on network performance are investigated through field experiments. By developing a better understanding of the wireless channel and the reliability between underground and aboveground nodes, a family of mobile WUSN protocols is developed and evaluated in terms of packet delivery success, delay tolerance and network lifetime.
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U2 - 10.1109/SECON.2012.6275827
DO - 10.1109/SECON.2012.6275827
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84867939153
SN - 9781467319058
T3 - Annual IEEE Communications Society Conference on Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks workshops
SP - 560
EP - 568
BT - 2012 9th Annual IEEE Communications Society Conference on Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks, SECON 2012
T2 - 2012 9th Annual IEEE Communications Society Conference on Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks, SECON 2012
Y2 - 18 June 2012 through 21 June 2012
ER -