dc.contributor.advisor | Ruaidhri M. O'Connor. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Song, Heewon, 1977- | en_US |
dc.contributor.other | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-03-24T18:14:43Z | |
dc.date.available | 2006-03-24T18:14:43Z | |
dc.date.copyright | 2004 | en_US |
dc.date.issued | 2004 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/30047 | |
dc.description | Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2004. | en_US |
dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 68-69). | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Using wireless sensor networks for monitoring infrastructure is a new trend in civil engineering. Compared with traditional ways to monitor infrastructure, wireless sensor networks are cheap, safe, and compact. However, there are many available wireless communication techniques and hardware for a wireless sensor network. Therefore, it is an important step to choose the best communication method and hardware to construct a wireless sensor network for a particular infrastructure. The London Underground project, which is described in this thesis as a reference case study, demands real-time data transmission, low-power network, and wireless network communication, and also a hardware/software system to collect, archive and display data from the monitoring activity. We consider the trade-offs in choosing 802.1 lb as a communication method. A web service architecture for data visualization is then described. Finally we discuss the appropriate selection of a computer device to serve as the base station. | en_US |
dc.description.statementofresponsibility | by Heewon Song. | en_US |
dc.format.extent | 69 leaves | en_US |
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dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | en_US |
dc.rights | M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. | en_US |
dc.rights.uri | http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 | |
dc.subject | Civil and Environmental Engineering. | en_US |
dc.title | Implementing a wireless base station for a sensor network | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.description.degree | M.Eng. | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering | |
dc.identifier.oclc | 55589985 | en_US |