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SmartMote: Energy and VoI aware solar-powered sensor network design for environment monitoring

  • Shao Jie Tang
  • , Cheng Bo
  • , Xiang Yang Li
  • , Yunhao Li
  • , Xiaohua Xu
  • , Jing Yuan
  • Illinois Institute of Technology
  • Tongji University
  • Tsinghua University
  • University of Illinois at Chicago

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1 Scopus citations

Abstract

Due to advances in low power micro-sensor technology, energy harvesting techniques, we can now build large scale solar-powered sensor networks to support long-running operations. Solar powered sensors often harvest variable amounts of energy in different weather conditions. Then a primary requirement for an efficient and a long-running solar-powered sensor system is to adapt to changing environment conditions and resources, and to gather as much valuable data as possible. Sensing and collecting data at a constant rate, without taking into account energy availability or data deliverability, will either drain the battery or waste resources. In this work, we design and test a highly efficient and robust solar-powered system SmartMote; and we further present an energy and value of information (VoI) aware routing strategy, that balances the rates of sensing with packet delivery for SmartMote. SmartMote achieves fairness and near maximum utility across the network. We deploy SmartMote in a forest with 100 sensors in order to monitor the humidity, temperature and luminance intensity. Our experimental results corroborate our design.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMASS 2012 - 9th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Sensor Systems
Pages102-110
Number of pages9
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Event9th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Sensor Systems, MASS 2012 - Las Vegas, NV, United States
Duration: Oct 8 2012Oct 11 2012

Publication series

NameMASS 2012 - 9th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Sensor Systems

Conference

Conference9th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Sensor Systems, MASS 2012
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityLas Vegas, NV
Period10/8/1210/11/12

Keywords

  • routing
  • sensor
  • solar-powered system design

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