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A plant-and-play wireless sensor network system for gate monitoring

  • Raghuram Sudhaakar
  • , Ameya Sanzgiri
  • , Murat Demirbas
  • , Chunming Qiao

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Abstract

We present a practical plant-and-play wireless sensor network system for entry-exit monitoring. Our system is easily configurable and robust, making it feasible to be deployed in a wide range of entry-exit monitoring applications. At the core of our system lies a novel MAC protocol that is self-synchronizing. Notably, our MAC protocol allows the nodes to maintain a very low duty cycle (the radios are in sleep mode 100% of the time in the absence of detections), while also enabling quick synchronization of the nodes (when needed) for a consistent classification of entry or exit events. We have deployed this system for monitoring a faculty parking lot at our university and integrated it with an SMS notification system to provide information on the availability of parking spots on demand. We present the parking lot occupancy trends obtained through this deployment and discuss some of the reliability issues encountered.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2009 IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks and Workshops, WOWMOM 2009
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
Event2009 IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks and Workshops, WOWMOM 2009 - Kos, Greece
Duration: Jun 15 2009Jun 19 2009

Publication series

Name2009 IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks and Workshops, WOWMOM 2009

Conference

Conference2009 IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks and Workshops, WOWMOM 2009
Country/TerritoryGreece
CityKos
Period06/15/0906/19/09

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