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Study of RF Propagation Characteristics for Wireless Sensor Networks in Railroad Environments. Final Report.
| 题名： | Study of RF Propagation Characteristics for Wireless Sensor Networks in Railroad Environments. Final Report. |
| 关键词： | characteristics；wireless；environment；sensor；pagat；network；works；report；final；study |
| 摘要： | The freight railroad industry in North America is exerting efforts to leverage Wireless Sensor Networks to monitor systems and components on railcars. This allows fault detection and accident prevention even while a train is moving. Railcars, constructed mostly of ferrous materials such as steel, are expected to severely impact signal propagation. To better understand this effect we first evaluated the signal characteristics when sensor nodes are placed in various locations around railcars. We used EM-Field modeling and evaluation techniques to obtain these results and found that node placement selection is critical for the nodes communication distance. As a second research area we therefore aimed at understanding the protocol requirements and limitations of current WSN technologies. Based on the results of our study we found ZigBee to be inadequate for freight WSNs and developed a solution that remedies the problems we observed. Our evaluation of this new multi-tier approach shows a significant performance and network lifetime gain, making freight train wireless sensor networks feasible. |
| 报告类型： | 科技报告 |
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