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Optimization of wireless sensor network deployment for electromagnetic situation monitoring

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2018

Krzysztof Malon*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Electronics, Military University of Technology, Institute of Telecommunications, Ul. Gen. Witolda Urbanowicza 2, 00-908 Warsaw, Poland
Paweł Skokowski
Affiliation:
Faculty of Electronics, Military University of Technology, Institute of Telecommunications, Ul. Gen. Witolda Urbanowicza 2, 00-908 Warsaw, Poland
Jerzy Lopatka
Affiliation:
Faculty of Electronics, Military University of Technology, Institute of Telecommunications, Ul. Gen. Witolda Urbanowicza 2, 00-908 Warsaw, Poland
*
Author for correspondence: Krzysztof Malon, E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract

Wireless sensor networks are an increasingly popular tool for monitoring various environmental parameters. They can also be used for monitoring the electromagnetic spectrum. Wireless sensors, due to their small size, typically have simplified radio receivers with reduced sensitivity and use small antennas. As a result, their effective performance area is similarly limited. This is especially important in urban areas where there are various kinds of adverse propagation phenomena related to area coverage. The aim of this paper is to present the phenomena in the wireless sensor networks and propose criteria and methods to optimize their deployment to ensure maximizing the probability of detection of emissions, minimization of unmonitored areas, and to provide the necessary hardware redundancy in the priority areas. Influence of detection parameters, number of sensors and range constraints between sensors on received outcomes are also presented.

Type
Research Papers
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press and the European Microwave Association 2018 

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