P. Plaza-González, A. J. Canós, J. Catalá-Civera, F. Peñaranda-Foix
{"title":"Microwave Non-contact Sensor for On-Line Moisture Measurement of Laminate Paper","authors":"P. Plaza-González, A. J. Canós, J. Catalá-Civera, F. Peñaranda-Foix","doi":"10.1109/SENSORCOMM.2007.64","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SENSORCOMM.2007.64","url":null,"abstract":"A microwave sensor, intended for on-line measurements of paper moisture, is presented in this paper. The sensor main body is a resonant structure, with a paper sheet passing through it. From the measurement of the resonant frequency and/or the quality factor of the resonator, the value of the humidity content of the paper can be obtained, with great accuracy. Very promising measurements have been carried out, leading to the use of the sensor at industrial level.","PeriodicalId":161788,"journal":{"name":"2007 International Conference on Sensor Technologies and Applications (SENSORCOMM 2007)","volume":"75 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121795210","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Coral Reef Sensor Network Deployment for Collecting Real Time 3-D Temperature Data with Correlation to Plankton Assemblages","authors":"O. Bondarenko, Stuart Kininmonth, M. Kingsford","doi":"10.1109/SENSORCOMM.2007.39","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SENSORCOMM.2007.39","url":null,"abstract":"Great Barrier Reef Australia (GBR) is affected by cold water intrusions originating in the Coral Sea and upwelled on the reef. Therefore biological interest in GBR upwelling has been driven by the view that upwelled waters rich in nutrients boost plankton production and overall productivity of the GBR system. We propose to employ a Sensor Network for in situ monitoring of upwellings. Temperature is a good proxy for upwelling however 3D dense spatial data is required to describe upwelling and their impact on plankton abundance. The array of underwater sensors is deployed at various depth on the coral reef in Nelly Bay, Magnetic Island, GBR.. We propose that the temperature data is communicated real time via ad hoc network using RF signal to the on-shore base station. This permits us to collect the plankton data in real-time synchronized to the temperature changes. This paper outlines the methods of the deployment of sensor networks for ecological research.","PeriodicalId":161788,"journal":{"name":"2007 International Conference on Sensor Technologies and Applications (SENSORCOMM 2007)","volume":"64 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127722881","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Improvement on LEACH Protocol of Wireless Sensor Network","authors":"Xiangning Fan, Song Yulin","doi":"10.1109/SENSORCOMM.2007.60","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SENSORCOMM.2007.60","url":null,"abstract":"This paper studies LEACH protocol, and puts forward energy-LEACH and multihop-LEACH protocols. Energy-LEACH protocol improves the choice method of the cluster head, makes some nodes which have more residual energy as cluster heads in next round. Multihop-LEACH protocol improves communication mode from single hop to multi-hop between cluster head and sink. Simulation results show that energy-LEACH and multihop-LEACH protocols have better performance than LEACH protocols.","PeriodicalId":161788,"journal":{"name":"2007 International Conference on Sensor Technologies and Applications (SENSORCOMM 2007)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122955369","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Acoustic Antennas for On-Line Monitoring in Very Deep Sea","authors":"G. Riccobene, G. Cosentino, G. Pavan, F. Speziale","doi":"10.1109/SENSORCOMM.2007.16","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SENSORCOMM.2007.16","url":null,"abstract":"The long-term measurement and characterization of acoustic noise spectrum in deep sea is a powerful tool to study the underwater environment and the impact of human activities on the marine ecosystem. Despite sound is extensively used in military and scientific application, there is a lack of measurement of noise level and its variation over long term, in deep sea. This is mainly due to the difficulties in performing long- term accurate wideband measurements in such a hostile environment. Following the scientific and technological success of OvDE, a pilot experimental acoustic station that acquired and transmitted acoustic data from 2000 m depth for 2 years, we propose the realization of innovative deep-sea stations for long- term on-line monitoring of acoustic signals. The innovations of proposed project are summarized in seven key points: 1) pressure resistance up to 350 bar (corresponding to -3500 m depth); 2) capability to operate for more than 5 years; 3) capability to transmit data to shore from distances of about 100 km; 4) sensitivity close to Wenz minimum noise and dynamic range of -120 dB; 5) operational range of frequencies from few Hz to about 80 kHz; 6) capability of point-source identification and tracking; 7) modularity. In order to test and operate these stations the NEMO Collaboration built two scientific infrastructures equipped with shore laboratories and underwater electro-optical cables connecting shore with deep-sea. One is located 25 km SE of the port of Catania (Sicily), already used for OvDE; the other one is located at 3500 m depth 100 km South East of Capo Passero (Siracusa, Sicily), and will be soon operative. These antennas are expected to reach good sensitivity, to allow reconstruction of source position and permit pulse shape study of acoustic signals. These tasks will be fundamental in order to perform studies on sound sources in different research fields: geophysics, acoustical oceanography, bioacoustics, astro-particle physics et cetera.","PeriodicalId":161788,"journal":{"name":"2007 International Conference on Sensor Technologies and Applications (SENSORCOMM 2007)","volume":"58 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123959400","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H. Ryu, Seong M Cho, Woo-Seok Yang, S. Cheon, B. Yu
{"title":"Novel Process for the Electrodes of Microbolometer","authors":"H. Ryu, Seong M Cho, Woo-Seok Yang, S. Cheon, B. Yu","doi":"10.1109/SENSORCOMM.2007.69","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SENSORCOMM.2007.69","url":null,"abstract":"The electrodes for microbolometer it has been required to have low thermal conductivity, low electrical resistivity, and low stress for small deflection of microbolometer membrane. In this work we introduced the nickel-chrome alloy as an electrode for our designed microbolometer. To define an electrode on the membrane the etching process is indispensable. Using a dry etching technique there is a selectivity problem with underlayer of nickel-chrome alloy layer during etching process. The other hand there is a topological deterioration, which causes a bad effect for further planarization process when we use wet process. We had fabricated the electrode of microbolometer using hybrid etching technique. Therefore we have successfully established the hybrid etching process for nickel-chrome alloy film which is used for the resistive microbolometer.","PeriodicalId":161788,"journal":{"name":"2007 International Conference on Sensor Technologies and Applications (SENSORCOMM 2007)","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129845793","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Specifying WSN Applications through Agents Based on Events and States","authors":"G. Fortino, A. Garro, S. Mascillaro, W. Russo","doi":"10.1109/SENSORCOMM.2007.91","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SENSORCOMM.2007.91","url":null,"abstract":"Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are emerging as powerful platforms for distributed embedded computing supporting a variety of high-impact applications such as disaster/crime prevention and military applications, environmental applications, health applications, and smart spaces. Programming WSNs is a complex task as system level code and application level code are often intertwined. Several programming paradigms have been to date proposed which provide programming abstractions and programming support for the development of WSN applications. In this paper we propose a specification language centered on the concept of lightweight agent based on events and states which distinctively integrates the advantages of three important paradigms and models for WSN programming: agent- based, event-driven and state-based programming. The proposed language is exemplified through a specification of the well-known EnviroTrack application.","PeriodicalId":161788,"journal":{"name":"2007 International Conference on Sensor Technologies and Applications (SENSORCOMM 2007)","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125913612","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Optical Beacon Calibration System of the ANTARES Neutrino Telescope","authors":"F. Salesa","doi":"10.1109/SENSORCOMM.2007.96","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SENSORCOMM.2007.96","url":null,"abstract":"The ANTARES collaboration is about to finish the construction of an underwater neutrino telescope at 2500 m depth in the Mediterranean Sea. The aim of the ANTARES telescope is the detection of high-energy cosmic neutrinos using a 3-dimensional array of 900 photomultipliers distributed in 12 lines. These photomultipliers collect the Cherenkov light induced by the muon produced in the neutrino interaction with the surrounding matter. In order to achieve a good angular resolution, the detector requires a relative time calibration of the order of ~ 0.5 ns. Intending to calibrate the detector at subnanosecond level, a set of pulsed light emitters called Optical Beacons has been designed. They consist of a source of light (LED or laser) with a well- known time emission. The design of these devices and the results obtained with this system will be presented.","PeriodicalId":161788,"journal":{"name":"2007 International Conference on Sensor Technologies and Applications (SENSORCOMM 2007)","volume":"486 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116692600","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Energy Driven Choice of Error Recovery Protocols in Embedded Sensor Network Systems","authors":"R. Agarwal, E. Popovici, O. De Feo, B. O’flynn","doi":"10.1109/SENSORCOMM.2007.46","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SENSORCOMM.2007.46","url":null,"abstract":"The transmission efficiency of embedded sensor networks (ESN) is lower than that of conventional networks due to high bit error rates and inconsistent channel conditions. Transmission efficiency as low as 47% has been experienced in deployments for various applications. Transmission errors in ESN can be recovered using three basic methods, automatic repeat request, error control coding or hybrid ARQ. This paper presents insights into the choice of error recovery protocols guided by the energy constraints imposed by ESN. We classify the ESN applications into three major classes, which significantly simplifies the choice. Further, we develop an energy model to incorporate the three schemes and draw inferences on the choice based on expected channel conditions and ESN classification. We apply the energy driven choice to two case studies, demonstrating the simplified process of choosing error recovery protocols.","PeriodicalId":161788,"journal":{"name":"2007 International Conference on Sensor Technologies and Applications (SENSORCOMM 2007)","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132474607","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Rajasegarar, J. Bezdek, C. Leckie, M. Palaniswami
{"title":"Analysis of Anomalies in IBRL Data from a Wireless Sensor Network Deployment","authors":"S. Rajasegarar, J. Bezdek, C. Leckie, M. Palaniswami","doi":"10.1109/SENSORCOMM.2007.27","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SENSORCOMM.2007.27","url":null,"abstract":"Detecting interesting events and anomalous behaviors in wireless sensor networks is an important challenge for tasks such as monitoring applications, fault diagnosis and intrusion detection. A key problem is to define and detect those anomalies with few false alarms while preserving the limited energy in the sensor network. In this paper, using concepts from statistics, we perform an analysis of a subset of the data gathered from a real sensor network deployment at the Intel Berkeley Research Laboratory (IBRL) in the USA, and provide a formal definition for anomalies in the IBRL data. By providing a formal definition for anomalies in this publicly available data set, we aim to provide a benchmark for evaluating anomaly detection techniques. We also discuss some open problems in detecting anomalies in energy constrained wireless sensor networks.","PeriodicalId":161788,"journal":{"name":"2007 International Conference on Sensor Technologies and Applications (SENSORCOMM 2007)","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132740682","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Magnetic Field Sensor Based on Giant Magnetoimpedance","authors":"H. García-Miquel, V. M. García-Chocano","doi":"10.1109/SENSORCOMM.2007.63","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SENSORCOMM.2007.63","url":null,"abstract":"Giant magnetoimpedance (GMI) effect has been studied in amorphous magnetic microwires where internal mechanical stresses derived from fabrication process influence strongly in its magnetic properties. Glass covered amorphous microwire of composition (Fe6Co94)72.5Si12.5B15 have been characterized in low magnetic DC field, for AC currents from 75 to 500 muA and frequencies from 1 to 14MHz. In all measurements a double peak response, characteristic of Co-rich samples with circular anisotropy, was obtained and GMI of 99% was reached. The design of a high sensitive magnetic field sensor has been made obtaining a linear response in plusmn130 A/m range with two microwires with the appropriate bias magnetic field.","PeriodicalId":161788,"journal":{"name":"2007 International Conference on Sensor Technologies and Applications (SENSORCOMM 2007)","volume":"19 2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133864883","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}