A Wireless Sensor Network for Hospital Security: From User Requirements to Pilot Deployment
<p/> <p>Increasing amount of Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) applications require low network delays. However, current research on WSNs has mainly concentrated on optimizing energy-efficiency omitting low network delays. This paper presents a novel WSN design targeted at applications requi...
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| author | Kaseva Ville Hämäläinen TimoD Hännikäinen Marko |
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| description | <p/> <p>Increasing amount of Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) applications require low network delays. However, current research on WSNs has mainly concentrated on optimizing energy-efficiency omitting low network delays. This paper presents a novel WSN design targeted at applications requiring low data transfer delays and high reliability. We present the whole design flow from user requirements to an actual pilot deployment in a real hospital unit. The WSN includes multihop low-delay data transfer and energy-efficient mobile nodes reaching lifetime of years with small batteries. The nodes communicate using a low-cost low-power 2.4 GHz radio. The network is used in a security application with which personnel can send alarms in threatening situations. Also, a multitude of sensor measurements and actuator control is possible with the WSN. A full-scale pilot deployment is extensively experimented for performance results. Currently, the pilot network is in use at the hospital.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8c50c222de304b4fabf5b078714f44c92022-12-22T03:00:23ZengSpringerOpenEURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking1687-14721687-14992011-01-0120111920141A Wireless Sensor Network for Hospital Security: From User Requirements to Pilot DeploymentKaseva VilleHämäläinen TimoDHännikäinen Marko<p/> <p>Increasing amount of Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) applications require low network delays. However, current research on WSNs has mainly concentrated on optimizing energy-efficiency omitting low network delays. This paper presents a novel WSN design targeted at applications requiring low data transfer delays and high reliability. We present the whole design flow from user requirements to an actual pilot deployment in a real hospital unit. The WSN includes multihop low-delay data transfer and energy-efficient mobile nodes reaching lifetime of years with small batteries. The nodes communicate using a low-cost low-power 2.4 GHz radio. The network is used in a security application with which personnel can send alarms in threatening situations. Also, a multitude of sensor measurements and actuator control is possible with the WSN. A full-scale pilot deployment is extensively experimented for performance results. Currently, the pilot network is in use at the hospital.</p>http://jwcn.eurasipjournals.com/content/2011/920141 |
| spellingShingle | Kaseva Ville Hämäläinen TimoD Hännikäinen Marko A Wireless Sensor Network for Hospital Security: From User Requirements to Pilot Deployment EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking |
| title | A Wireless Sensor Network for Hospital Security: From User Requirements to Pilot Deployment |
| title_full | A Wireless Sensor Network for Hospital Security: From User Requirements to Pilot Deployment |
| title_fullStr | A Wireless Sensor Network for Hospital Security: From User Requirements to Pilot Deployment |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Wireless Sensor Network for Hospital Security: From User Requirements to Pilot Deployment |
| title_short | A Wireless Sensor Network for Hospital Security: From User Requirements to Pilot Deployment |
| title_sort | wireless sensor network for hospital security from user requirements to pilot deployment |
| url | http://jwcn.eurasipjournals.com/content/2011/920141 |
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