Grant: Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)
Queen's University
$97,918.00
A facility for custom development of wireless sensor networks platforms
EF 2007-08
Résumé
Sensor Networks are playing an increasingly significant role in the provision of many services of critical importance to Canada, including climate and natural resources assessment and monitoring. A Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) is composed of a group of small micro-sensors, which execute monitoring tasks in a collaborative and autonomous manner. Sensed information is relayed across a number of intermediate relaying nodes in a multi-hop wireless communication system. Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) will enable a broad range of pervasive computing applications - promising to revolutionize our environmental interactions. Existing research on WSN design, protocols and deployment fails to provide practical solutions as it relies on non-practical models and assumptions. This motivates the need for more realistic experimental testbeds. To this end, we aim to investigate new, practical solutions, verified empirically, to technical issues related to WSN, including: coverage, connectivity, dependability, routing and medium access control. To achieve this objective, a customizable WSN development platform plays an essential role in our efforts. This platform will enable us to examine our proposed WSN solutions in realistic environments and develop more accurate mathematical models which will guide future research activities. By leveraging the flexibility of a customized development platform, we are able to tailor our solutions to specific applications, such as wildlife, climate or forestry monitoring. With countries like the United States, Australia and European Union making significant investments in WSN technologies, the potential market for these applications is international in scope. Development of a platform for customizable WSN will be of strategic importance to Canada and will have a strong impact on our economy. Students involved in the project will gain valuable hands-on experience in state-of-the-art design, performance evaluation and implementation of WSN platforms.
Programme
Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)
Bénéficiaire
Emplacement
Ontario, Canada
Type de bénéficiaire
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
Tel que publié
Application id
359314-2008
Name nom
Hassanein, Hossam
Department département
Computing, School of
Organization id
29
Institution établissement
Queen's University
Province en
Ontario
Province fr
Ontario
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2007
Competition year année de concours
2008
Award amount
97918
Program id
EQPEQ
Program name en
Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)
Program name fr
Outils et instruments de recherche - catégorie 1 (<150 000$)
Group en
Discovery grants programs
Group fr
Programmes de subventions à la découverte
Committee code
330
Committee name en
Computing and Information Sciences - A
Committee name fr
Informatique - A
Area of application code
800
Area of application group en
Information and communication services
Area of application group fr
Services d'information et de télécommunications
Area of application en
Information and communication services
Area of application fr
Services d'information et de télécommunications
Research subject code
2721
Research subject group en
Information technology
Research subject group fr
Technologie de l'information
Research subject en
Multimedia systems and networks
Research subject fr
Systèmes et réseaux multimédias
Partie
1
Nb partie
1
Application title
A facility for custom development of wireless sensor networks platforms
Keyword
NA
Application summary
Sensor Networks are playing an increasingly significant role in the provision of many services of critical importance to Canada, including climate and natural resources assessment and monitoring. A Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) is composed of a group of small micro-sensors, which execute monitoring tasks in a collaborative and autonomous manner. Sensed information is relayed across a number of intermediate relaying nodes in a multi-hop wireless communication system. Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) will enable a broad range of pervasive computing applications - promising to revolutionize our environmental interactions. Existing research on WSN design, protocols and deployment fails to provide practical solutions as it relies on non-practical models and assumptions. This motivates the need for more realistic experimental testbeds. To this end, we aim to investigate new, practical solutions, verified empirically, to technical issues related to WSN, including: coverage, connectivity, dependability, routing and medium access control. To achieve this objective, a customizable WSN development platform plays an essential role in our efforts. This platform will enable us to examine our proposed WSN solutions in realistic environments and develop more accurate mathematical models which will guide future research activities. By leveraging the flexibility of a customized development platform, we are able to tailor our solutions to specific applications, such as wildlife, climate or forestry monitoring. With countries like the United States, Australia and European Union making significant investments in WSN technologies, the potential market for these applications is international in scope. Development of a platform for customizable WSN will be of strategic importance to Canada and will have a strong impact on our economy. Students involved in the project will gain valuable hands-on experience in state-of-the-art design, performance evaluation and implementation of WSN platforms.
