TY - GEN
T1 - Optical wireless communication in sensor networks
T2 - Free-Space Laser Communications VII
AU - Arnon, Shlomi
AU - Kedar, Debbie
PY - 2007/12/1
Y1 - 2007/12/1
N2 - Networks of sensors are an emerging technology for real-time data gathering in applications such as pollution monitoring, home security, surveillance, industrial control, etc. Many miniature nodes with sensing, computing and wireless communication capabilities are randomly deployed in an area or volume to be probed. One of the possible communication modalities for sensor networks is optical wireless communication (OWC). Initially, the sensor population must be mapped prior to interrogation by the base station and data communication from the sensor node. In this paper we review some theoretical and experimental work in this area and underline some of the challenges and possible solutions. The specific scenario of wireless sensor networks in a disaster recovery operation is modeled.
AB - Networks of sensors are an emerging technology for real-time data gathering in applications such as pollution monitoring, home security, surveillance, industrial control, etc. Many miniature nodes with sensing, computing and wireless communication capabilities are randomly deployed in an area or volume to be probed. One of the possible communication modalities for sensor networks is optical wireless communication (OWC). Initially, the sensor population must be mapped prior to interrogation by the base station and data communication from the sensor node. In this paper we review some theoretical and experimental work in this area and underline some of the challenges and possible solutions. The specific scenario of wireless sensor networks in a disaster recovery operation is modeled.
KW - Data harvesting
KW - Optical wireless communication
KW - Wireless sensor networks
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=42149145299&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1117/12.731443
DO - 10.1117/12.731443
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:42149145299
SN - 9780819468574
T3 - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
BT - Free-Space Laser Communications VII
Y2 - 28 August 2007 through 30 August 2007
ER -