D. Barrera, C. Silvestre, M. Cruz, R. García-Olcina, A. Guillamón, M. L. Lozano, V. Micó, J. Esteve, J. Lloris, J. Lopez-Tendero, J. A. Carrión, T. Molina, S. Sales
{"title":"Development of a Multi-point Multi-parametric Sensor for Structural Health Monitoring","authors":"D. Barrera, C. Silvestre, M. Cruz, R. García-Olcina, A. Guillamón, M. L. Lozano, V. Micó, J. Esteve, J. Lloris, J. Lopez-Tendero, J. A. Carrión, T. Molina, S. Sales","doi":"10.1109/SENSORCOMM.2007.45","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SENSORCOMM.2007.45","url":null,"abstract":"In the last years, a lot of optic fiber sensors have been developed for structural health monitoring systems. There are several physical, chemical and environmental factors that contribute to concrete structures deterioration. There is a need to monitor all these factors to explain the produced damages after extended periods. In this paper we present the results from the development of a multi-point and multi- parametric sensor for measure the four main factors that can indicate a possible deterioration problem: strain, temperature, humidity and pH. The sensor proposed here is based on Fiber Bragg Gratings and humidity and pH sensitive hydrogels.","PeriodicalId":161788,"journal":{"name":"2007 International Conference on Sensor Technologies and Applications (SENSORCOMM 2007)","volume":"24 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":"124481492","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}
Antoni J. Canós, P. Plaza-González, F. Peñaranda-Foix, J. Catalá-Civera
{"title":"Non-invasive Microwave Sensors for the Monitoring of the state of Liquids Used in the Polyurethane Industry","authors":"Antoni J. Canós, P. Plaza-González, F. Peñaranda-Foix, J. Catalá-Civera","doi":"10.1109/SENSORCOMM.2007.68","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SENSORCOMM.2007.68","url":null,"abstract":"A dynamic microwave sensor system able to monitor compositional changes of the basic liquids used in the polyurethane industry (polyol and isocyanate) was designed, installed in the production line and tested. These liquids are continuously flowing into hermetic pipes and its desirable properties are gradually degraded in time. The sensor provides online information about the state of the liquids by means of microwave non-invasive measurements. This information can be used in real-time non-destructive quality control processes. The sensor technology described here can be used for the monitoring of other liquids used in chemical industry.","PeriodicalId":161788,"journal":{"name":"2007 International Conference on Sensor Technologies and Applications (SENSORCOMM 2007)","volume":"26 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":"126482950","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":"An Adaptive and Flexible Fault Tolerance Mechanism Designed on Multi-behavior Agents for Wireless Sensor/Actuator Network","authors":"S. F. Pileggi, C. Palau, M. Esteve","doi":"10.1109/SENSORCOMM.2007.20","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SENSORCOMM.2007.20","url":null,"abstract":"In the last few years, WSN has been object of an intense research activity that has determined an important improvement by technologic and computation point of view both. The notable level got and the increasing request of applications designed over Sensor Networks make WSN commercial diffusion next to be a fact. One of key issues for commercial diffusion of WSN is related to the robustness of architectures. An adaptive and flexible fault tolerant mechanism for WSN is proposed in the paper. Considering the tradeoffs between robustness and energy efficiency as central issue, a programming model based on multi-behavior agents that can guarantee an efficient, dynamic and extendible implementation is proposed too.","PeriodicalId":161788,"journal":{"name":"2007 International Conference on Sensor Technologies and Applications (SENSORCOMM 2007)","volume":"14 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":"132639505","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":"From a Genetic Fuzzy Rule-Based System to a Intelligent Sensor Network","authors":"J. Canada-Bago","doi":"10.1109/SENSORCOMM.2007.51","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SENSORCOMM.2007.51","url":null,"abstract":"Nowadays, intelligent systems, e.g. fuzzy systems, are being incorporated into sensor networks. In this way, this paper presents an intelligent sensor network which has been developed as a genetic fuzzy rule-based system. The objectives of the present work include: first, the design of the fuzzy rule-based sensor which incorporates a new inference engine specially designed for the intelligent sensor; and, second, the design of an evolutionary algorithm, which is adapted to the sensor and based on genetic algorithm, in order to evolve the knowledge of the system. The sensor network is composed of a computer and a set of sensors. Two possible implementations of the sensor are presented: the first one includes a fuzzy ruled-based sensor; the second implementation is based on a genetic fuzzy rule-based sensor. The sensor network can incorporate expert knowledge and evolve the knowledge bases. This intelligent sensor has been tested using a sensor which is based on an 8051 microcontroller, and an inference engine which has been designed for this sensor. The evolutionary algorithm has been tested using a simulated system. In conclusion, sensor networks can incorporate fuzzy rule-based system and evolutionary algorithms. The former group allows controlling a system by the knowledge base; the latter allows evolving knowledge bases in order to obtain new knowledge.","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":"131300429","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":"Coin: A COverage INcreasing Algorithm in Mixed Sensor Network","authors":"S. Taheri, A. Irandoost, A. Movaghar","doi":"10.1109/SENSORCOMM.2007.34","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SENSORCOMM.2007.34","url":null,"abstract":"Sensor networks are systems of many small units that work together to monitor a given environment. A mixed sensor network is composed of a collection of static and mobile nodes that has sensing, computation, communication, and locomotion capabilities. Sensor mobility can be used to compensate for the lack of sensors and improve network coverage. This paper aims to describe an algorithm called Coin for mixed sensor network deployment in an unknown environment by using a small number of mobile sensors. It allows the network to achieve maximum coverage with minimum energy consumption. Our solution includes distributed schemes for: 1) determining the exact size of a coverage hole; 2) determining the number and locations of mobile sensors for covering a hole; 3) calling mobile sensors. Coin is an extension of CovEN algorithm, from [3]. Our distributed algorithm was implemented and simulated with NS-2 for performance evaluation. Simulation experiments show that our algorithm achieves the best results of coverage percentage.","PeriodicalId":161788,"journal":{"name":"2007 International Conference on Sensor Technologies and Applications (SENSORCOMM 2007)","volume":"7 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":"123020913","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":"Runtime Extension of Autonomous Sensors Using Battery-Capacitor Storage","authors":"M. T. Penella, M. Gasulla","doi":"10.1109/SENSORCOMM.2007.86","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SENSORCOMM.2007.86","url":null,"abstract":"Batteries are an important part in autonomous sensors power supply chain, so extracting all available energy is a determinant runtime affair. Autonomous sensors have a pulsed power consumption profile that causes high voltage drops in high impedance batteries. These voltage drops can make battery voltage go under the specified autonomous sensors' voltage supply range leading to a runtime reduction from the ideal case. In this paper battery-capacitor hybrids are proposed to reduce voltage drops in autonomous sensors. Analytical expressions for the voltage transient behavior and runtime extension under pulsed loads have been presented. Minimal capacitor's value for a determined voltage drop has been also obtained. Experimental results were carried out using two types of loads, a pulsed resistor and a real autonomous sensor. The runtime extensions achieved were 185 % and 169 % respectively. The ideal runtime (assuming no voltage drop) is nearly achieved in both cases, so almost all energy can be extracted.","PeriodicalId":161788,"journal":{"name":"2007 International Conference on Sensor Technologies and Applications (SENSORCOMM 2007)","volume":"29 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":"123400726","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":"Knowledge-Based Analysis of Directed Diffusion","authors":"I. Symeou, A. Burns","doi":"10.1109/SENSORCOMM.2007.62","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SENSORCOMM.2007.62","url":null,"abstract":"Message communication is the most battery consuming function of Wireless Sensor Networks. Therefore, protocols used in these networks must have little message exchange. This paper investigates the use of a knowledge based approach in analysing protocols and reducing their communication overhead. Such an approach enables us to examine what the nodes come to know through message exchange, and explore other ways of obtaining that knowledge. We apply this analysis to the popular directed diffusion protocol and show that it is possible to reduce message communication without compromising the protocol's performance.","PeriodicalId":161788,"journal":{"name":"2007 International Conference on Sensor Technologies and Applications (SENSORCOMM 2007)","volume":"18 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":"116435026","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":"Radio Frequency- Wireless Level Detection System by Using Spatial Field Attenuation","authors":"M. Monsi","doi":"10.1109/SENSORCOMM.2007.82","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SENSORCOMM.2007.82","url":null,"abstract":"This paper introduces a new approach of a radio frequency (RF)-wireless fluid level detection system. The relative geometrical variation of the floating tag inside an automobile fluid container is identified. Significant fuel consumption of automobiles will be reduced by the substitution of RF-links as well as the complexity of engine carrier. To achieve the objective of this research, a sender circuit with dipole antenna and two passive ultrahigh frequency UHF)-tags with identical electrical rates are used. Considering the feasibility in automobile engine carriers, the sender circuit parameters and prototype model of automobile fluid level detection system are designed.","PeriodicalId":161788,"journal":{"name":"2007 International Conference on Sensor Technologies and Applications (SENSORCOMM 2007)","volume":"54 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":"117247630","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":"Composing µSIC: A Lightweight Service Model for Wireless Sensor Networks","authors":"E. Bergstrom, R. Pandey","doi":"10.1109/SENSORCOMM.2007.37","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SENSORCOMM.2007.37","url":null,"abstract":"Although wireless sensor network applications share a common set of limitations (e.g. resource scarcity and lossy radio communication models) a basic set of runtime services (e.g. routing, time synchronization, and code dissemination), applications are often designed in an ad-hoc fashion, reducing the amount of code reuse, making a component-based software engineering approach desirable. We present a micro service component model, entitled muSIC, that abstracts a sensor node as an entity that provides and uses services. This model is realized through the use of the muSIC runtime, a small and efficient message-oriented middleware (MOM) tailored for resource-constrained devices. The muSIC runtime can perform service-paging, a method of storing a service's state to flash memory and restoring it whenever the service is needed. Secondly, we provide a domain-specific language allowing applications to be expressed as a collection of services that run on top of the muSIC runtime and enables a multi-threaded programming model.","PeriodicalId":161788,"journal":{"name":"2007 International Conference on Sensor Technologies and Applications (SENSORCOMM 2007)","volume":"107 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":"117251657","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":"Hierarchical Clustering for a Sensor Network of Satellites in Space","authors":"A. Krishnamurthy, J. Lessmann","doi":"10.1109/SENSORCOMM.2007.54","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SENSORCOMM.2007.54","url":null,"abstract":"Several currently planned space missions consist of a set of satellites flying in a formation. This enables a much higher functionality of the mission compared to missions consisting of only a single satellite. The sensors present in each of the satellites in the formation enable sensing of photometric data from outer space. Using optical interferometry, the data from the individual satellite sensors is collected at a designated satellite which requires communication between the satellites, giving rise to a mobile sensor network in space. In order to gain most accurate data, the satellites must be kept in deterministic close relative positions, otherwise, the aggregated data is invalidated. Current control laws to establish reliable formations of satellites face many challenges especially for larger number of satellites. In this paper we present a distributed algorithm to scale current control laws to arbitrarily large satellite formations. This is achieved by a multi-level topology which is based on multiple weighted metrics andean cope even with the case of unpredictable metric values. We substantiate the performance of our algorithm by extensive simulations.","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":"128888383","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}