Communication Buses and Protocols for Sensor Networks
This paper overviews existing digital communication buses which are commonly used in sensor networks, discusses sensor network architectures, and introduces a new sensor bus for low power microsystem applications. The new intra-module multi-element microsystem (IM2) bus is nine-line interface with 8...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2002-07-01
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| Series: | Sensors |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/2/7/244/ |
| Summary: | This paper overviews existing digital communication buses which are commonly used in sensor networks, discusses sensor network architectures, and introduces a new sensor bus for low power microsystem applications. The new intra-module multi-element microsystem (IM2) bus is nine-line interface with 8b serial data which implements several advanced features such as power management and plug-n-play while maintaining minimum hardware overhead at the sensor node. Finally, some issues in wireless sensor networking are discussed. The coverage of these issues provides a guideline for choosing the appropriate bus for different sensor network applications. |
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| ISSN: | 1424-8220 |