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Wireless communication is not a new technology but cell phones have brought revolution in wireless communication Wireless Technology has changed the way Organizations & individuals work & live today In less than 10 years
World has moved from fixed to wireless networks Allowing people, mobile devices & computers talk to each other, connect without a cable Only available option for field data acquisition Using radio-waves, sometimes light Frees user from many constrains of traditional computer & phone system
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Ubiquitous Computing
Mobile, many computers Small Processors Low Power Consumption Relatively Low Cost
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Ubiquitous Computing
Small, mobile, inexpensive computers..everywhere! Fade into the background of everyday life Computers everywhere provides potential for data collection.sensors!
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Application Examples
Predictive usage in order to minimize the needs for medication Improving the quality of life
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Potential Benefits
Increasing the physician productivity and efficiency. Wireless sensors enable the patients freedom of movements and therefore promote new ways of monitoring the patient. Providing clinicians remote access to patients information eliminates the need to manually locate and search through patients data. Enabling telemonitoring in emergency scenarios and making remote diagnosis possible.
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Mobile Healthcare
The provision of Real Time patient care.
No matter where the clinician is No matter where the patient is To apply physiological and medical knowledge, advanced diagnostics, simulations, and effector systems integrated with information and telecommunications for the purposes of enhancing operational and medical decision-making, improving medical training, and delivering medical treatment across all barriers
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The patient is provided with a wearable wireless sensor. The signal from the sensor is captured in a Node situated in a mobile phone. The system allows ubiquitous access to patients data and medical information in real-time via the mobile phone.
The medical data is stored & processed in a server, and can be used for establishing diagnostics and treatments.
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Application server
Application server centralises the received data and presents it to the user as:
DB
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Wireless Technology
Emerging mainstream wireless technologies provide powerful building blocks for next-generation applications WLAN (IEEE 802.11 WiFi) hot-spots for broadband access, Bluetooth PDAs and laptops with integrated WLANs Broadband Wireless access technology- MAN (Alternative to DSL) IEEE 802.16 10-30 Km 40 Mbps WiMax Wide area wireless data also growing SMS, GPRS, Edge, CDMA2000 1xEV-DO (2.4 Mbps data optimized) Variety of interesting devices (e.g. Treo, Sidekick)
Smart spaces, sensor networks (IEEE 802.15.4a- ZigBee) Context-aware mobile data services and web caching for information services Wireless sensor nets for monitoring and control VOIP for integrated voice services over wireless data networks
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M1 S1
S2 M 1/S1 S2
S1
Piconet 1
Piconet 2
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Ad Hoc Net
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Wireless Max
High Speed 40-70 Mbps Mid-range (30 Kmeters) Eliminate the need for cables Saving of wired cost Operates in 2.4 GHz ISM band IEEE standard 802.16
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Indoor Environments
(802.11b (2.4GHz,
Collection of mobile wireless nodes forming a network without the aid of any infrastructure or centralized administration Nodes have limited transmission range Nodes act as a routers
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Ad Hoc Networks
Disaster recovery Battlefield Smart office
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Ad Hoc Network
Characteristics
Dynamic topologies Limited channel bandwidth Variable capacity links Energy-constrained operation Limited physical security
Military battlefield networks Personal Area Networks (PAN) Disaster and rescue operation Peer to peer networks
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Applications
Dynamic topology
Vulnerabilities of nodes
Security
The nodes are constantly mobile The protocols implemented are co-operative in nature There is a lack of a fixed infrastructure to collect audit data No clear distinction between normalcy and anomaly in ad hoc networks A mechanism that satisfies security attributes like authentication, confidentiality, non-repudiation and integrity Robust key certification and key distribution mechanism
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services
Calendar+ service Integrate dynamic traffic & schedule Doctor prescription service track health indicators Doctor write prescription
Sensors
mobile devices
distributed service
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Tourist guide
Like MapQuest except on mobile device Museums historical sites Shopping & restaurants Sample Data Small text with description, operating hours Local map
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How it works
Info station
Island of wireless station Embedded in area Users have cheap low bandwidth components Integrated to network with high quality connection Requires some overlap to manage transition between stations for hand off
Map-on-the-move
Provide appropriate map County resolution driving in car Info stations small area high bandwidth Remainder lower bandwidth
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Variable Bandwidth Disconnected Operation Limited Power Implications on distributed file system support?
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PDA vs. Laptop vs. cell phones Cellular modem connection: Failure prone Space: office vs. city vs. county Not continuous connectivity required Data such as pictures text files not streaming audio and video Heterogeneous devices
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Failure of communication networks is a critical problem faced by first responders at a disaster site
major switches and routers serving the region often damaged cellular cell towers may survive, but suffer from traffic overload and dependence on (damaged) wired infrastructure for backhaul
In addition, existing networks even if they survive may not be optimized for services needed at site
significant increase in mobile phone traffic needs to be served first responders need access to data services (email, www,...) new requirements for peer-to-peer communication, sensor net or robotic control at the site
Motivates need for rapidly deployable networks that meet both the above needs -> recent advances in wireless technology
can be harnessed to provide significant new capabilities
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for first responders to set up wireless communications infrastructure at a disaster site provides WLAN services and access to cached data wireless backhaul link includes data cache high-speed short-range radios 802.11 MAC enhancements content caching algorithm & software hardware integration including solar panels, antennas and WINLABs Outdoor Infostations Prototype (2002) embedded computing device with August 24, 2006 Talk at SASTRA WLAN card
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A flexible, open-architecture ad-hoc WLAN and sensor network testbed ... open-source Linux routers, APs and terminals (commercial hardware) Linux and embedded OS forwarding and sensor nodes (custom) radio link and global network monitoring/visualization tools prototype ad-hoc discovery and routing protocols
802.11b PDA Radio Monitor Forwarding Node/AP (custom) 802.11b Linux PC
Management stations
AP
Commercial 802.11 Router network with arbitrary topology Sensor Node (custom)
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What is a WSN?
Sensor: The device Observer: The end user/computer
A network that is formed when a set of small sensor devices that are deployed in an ad hoc fashion no predefined routes, cooperate for sensing a physical phenomenon. A Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) consists of base stations and a number of wireless sensors. Is simple, tiny, inexpensive, and battery-powered
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Moores Law is making sufficient CPU performance available with low power requirements in a small size. Research in Materials Science has resulted in novel sensing materials for many Chemical, Biological, and Physical sensing tasks. Transceivers for wireless devices are becoming smaller, less expensive, and less power hungry (low power tiny Radio Chips). Power source improvements in batteries, as well as passive power sources such as solar or vibration energy, are expanding application options.
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Physical Magnetic, Light, Sound Chemical CO, Chemical Weapons Biological Bacteria, Viruses, Proteins A-to-D converter from sensor to circuitry
Sensor Battery
Limited Lifetime
Portable and self-sustained (power, communication, intelligence). Capable of embedded complex data processing.
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Types of sensors: -Pressure, -Temperature -Light -Biological -Chemical -Strain, fatigue -Tilt Capable to survive harsh environments (heat, humidity, corrosion, pollution etc). No source of interference to systems being monitored and/or surrounding systems. Could be deployed in large numbers.
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Based on the IEEE 802.15.4 standard Small form factor Relatively Inexpensive Low Power Consumption Low Data Rate of Communication Self Organising, Self-Healingmultihop nodes Integrated Sensors Ideal for Wireless Sensor Network Applications
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WSN APPLICATIONS
Smart Homes Process monitoring and control Security/Surveillance Environmental Monitoring Construction Medical/Healthcare
Net Switch
Backbone Network
In Hospital Physician
Net Switch
Wireless Remote consultation Possibility for Remote consulting (including Audio Visual communication)
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iBadge - UCLA
Other Examples
Monitors the physiological status of the wearer and transmits the information to the medical professional over the Internet Nose-on-a-chip is a MEMS-based sensor It can detect 400 species of gases and transmit a signal indicating the level to a central control station
Model bridge with attached wireless sensors, B.F. Spencers Lab, Civil E., U. Illinois U-C
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US FCC allocated 5.850 to 5.925 GHz dedicated short range communication (DSRC) Road side to Vehicle Vehicle to vehicle communication
VMesh: Distributed Data Sensing, Relaying, & Computing via Vehicular Wireless Mesh Networks2006 August 24, Talk at SASTRA
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Consists of a large number of sensors (103 to 106) Spread over large geographical region (radius = 1 to 103 km) Spaced out in 1, 2, or 3 dimensions Is self-organizing Uses wireless media May use intermediate collators
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Hundreds of nodes require careful handling of topology maintenance. Predeployment and deployment phase Numerous ways to deploy the sensors (mass, individual placement, dropping from plane..) Postdeployment phase Factors are sensor nodes position change, reachability due to jamming, noise, obstacles etc, available energy, malfunctioning, theft, sabotage Redeployment of additional nodes phase Redeployment because of malfunctioning of units
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Individual sensors are quite limited. Full potential is realized only by using a large number of sensors. Sensors are then organized into an ad hoc network.
Network Topologies
Star
Single Hop Network All nodes communicate directly with Gateway No router nodes Cannot self-heal Range 30-100m Consumes lowest power
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Network Topologies
Mesh
Multi-hopping network All nodes are routers Self-configuring network Node fails, network selfheals Re-routes data through shortest path Highly fault tolerant network Multi-hopping provides much longer range Higher power consumptionnodes must always listen!
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Network Topologies
Star-Mesh Hybrid
Combines of stars low power and meshs self-healing and longer range All endpoint sensor nodes can communicate with multiple routers Improves fault tolerance Increases network communication range High degree of flexibility and mobility
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Self-Organizing WLAN
Opportunistic ad-hoc wireless networking concepts starting to mature Initial use to extend WLAN range in user-deployed networks Based on novel auto-discovery and multi-hop routing protocols extends the utility and reach of low-cost/high speed WiFi equipment
AP1
AP2
Ad-hoc access To FN
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Types of Queries:
Historical Queries: Analysis of data collected over time One Time Queries: Snapshot view of the network Persistent Queries: Periodic monitoring at long and regular intervals Application specific Data centric Data aggregation capability desirable Need to minimize energy consumption
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Software Framework
MAC layer (Tiny OS, routing)
Configuration Table Power consumption status & replacement strategy Sensor Data Management Middleware Application (passing parameters via API)
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Technical challenges
Power Consumption
Limited Power Source Battery Lifetime is limited Each sensor node plays a dual role of data originator and data router (data processor) The malfunctioning of a few nodes consumes lot of energy (rerouting of packets and significant topological changes)
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Environmental Factors
Wireless sensors need to operate in conditions that are not encountered by typical computing devices:
Historical Comparison
Consider a 40 Year Old Computer
Model Date CPU Memory SRAM
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Rene 2
Rene 2
Mica 2/2002
Mica 2 7/2003
10/2000 6/2001
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Flash Memory SRAM
4 MHz 8 KB
32 KB
8 MHz 16 KB
32 KB
4 MHz 128 KB
512 KB
4 MHz 128 KB
512 KB
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Radio
Summary
Early-warning systems Disaster mitigation Security, transportation, irrigation Research into new sensors Needs experimentation, pilot deployment Lots needs to be done in Software (OS, MAC, Application) While cost is an issue today, it will not be so tomorrow
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References
Wireless & Mobile Systems Prof Dharma Prakash Agrawal and H. Deng
Integrating Wireless Technology in the Enterprise by Williams Wheeler, Elsevier Digital Press Circuits & Systems for Wireless Communications Edited by Markus Helfenstein and George S. Moschytz, Kluwer Academic Publishers
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Any Questions?
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