Design of Low Data-Rate Environmental Monitoring Applications

The majority of low-cost and off-the-shelf Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) solutions cannot adequately address issues related to an unattended deployment in a harsh environment, especially if the network needs to scale and achieve high density or high coverage or both. This is usually the case in environmental applications. In this chapter, this problem is investigated and extensive discussion on the pros and cons of a specific WSN design is presented. However, before moving from generic and well-established WSN solutions to customization, a detailed analysis of the gains of having a tailored design is necessary. Accordingly, a case study involving sparse deployments in outdoors is used to illustrate the process.

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