Applications of Wireless Sensor Networks in Marine Environment Monitoring: A Survey
With the rapid development of society and the economy, an increasing number of human activities have gradually destroyed the marine environment. Marine environment monitoring is a vital problem and has increasingly attracted a great deal of research and development attention. During the past decade,...
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| description | With the rapid development of society and the economy, an increasing number of human activities have gradually destroyed the marine environment. Marine environment monitoring is a vital problem and has increasingly attracted a great deal of research and development attention. During the past decade, various marine environment monitoring systems have been developed. The traditional marine environment monitoring system using an oceanographic research vessel is expensive and time-consuming and has a low resolution both in time and space. Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) have recently been considered as potentially promising alternatives for monitoring marine environments since they have a number of advantages such as unmanned operation, easy deployment, real-time monitoring, and relatively low cost. This paper provides a comprehensive review of the state-of-the-art technologies in the field of marine environment monitoring using wireless sensor networks. It first describes application areas, a common architecture of WSN-based oceanographic monitoring systems, a general architecture of an oceanographic sensor node, sensing parameters and sensors, and wireless communication technologies. Then, it presents a detailed review of some related projects, systems, techniques, approaches and algorithms. It also discusses challenges and opportunities in the research, development, and deployment of wireless sensor networks for marine environment monitoring. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-36185adfff564141b7ec19ae1b66b4fc2022-12-22T03:10:29ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202014-09-01149169321695410.3390/s140916932s140916932Applications of Wireless Sensor Networks in Marine Environment Monitoring: A SurveyGuobao Xu0Weiming Shen1Xianbin Wang2Lab of Ocean Remote Sensing & Information Technology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, ChinaDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5B9, CanadaDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5B9, CanadaWith the rapid development of society and the economy, an increasing number of human activities have gradually destroyed the marine environment. Marine environment monitoring is a vital problem and has increasingly attracted a great deal of research and development attention. During the past decade, various marine environment monitoring systems have been developed. The traditional marine environment monitoring system using an oceanographic research vessel is expensive and time-consuming and has a low resolution both in time and space. Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) have recently been considered as potentially promising alternatives for monitoring marine environments since they have a number of advantages such as unmanned operation, easy deployment, real-time monitoring, and relatively low cost. This paper provides a comprehensive review of the state-of-the-art technologies in the field of marine environment monitoring using wireless sensor networks. It first describes application areas, a common architecture of WSN-based oceanographic monitoring systems, a general architecture of an oceanographic sensor node, sensing parameters and sensors, and wireless communication technologies. Then, it presents a detailed review of some related projects, systems, techniques, approaches and algorithms. It also discusses challenges and opportunities in the research, development, and deployment of wireless sensor networks for marine environment monitoring.http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/14/9/16932wireless sensorswireless sensor networksmarine environment monitoringbuoysenergy harvesting |
| spellingShingle | Guobao Xu Weiming Shen Xianbin Wang Applications of Wireless Sensor Networks in Marine Environment Monitoring: A Survey Sensors wireless sensors wireless sensor networks marine environment monitoring buoys energy harvesting |
| title | Applications of Wireless Sensor Networks in Marine Environment Monitoring: A Survey |
| title_full | Applications of Wireless Sensor Networks in Marine Environment Monitoring: A Survey |
| title_fullStr | Applications of Wireless Sensor Networks in Marine Environment Monitoring: A Survey |
| title_full_unstemmed | Applications of Wireless Sensor Networks in Marine Environment Monitoring: A Survey |
| title_short | Applications of Wireless Sensor Networks in Marine Environment Monitoring: A Survey |
| title_sort | applications of wireless sensor networks in marine environment monitoring a survey |
| topic | wireless sensors wireless sensor networks marine environment monitoring buoys energy harvesting |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/14/9/16932 |
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