Sensor Networks Research
My research on sensor networks concentrates mainly on advancing deployable systems
while making them "smarter". This not only involves designing complete systems but designing new hardware/software/algorithms where there is not an ideal solution already. By making a full system which can be deployed the theory can be fully tested.
Environmental sensor networks are needed by researchers in other areas and this means the technology needs to be made more useable, reliable and robust.
- Communications and networks
- two new MAC protocols have been produced in Glacsweb, latest GWMAC uses TDMA
- a new agent-based network algorithm combined with sensor sampling strategy (Padhy 2006)
- a radio tuned to communications under ice has been developed
- ARM M0+ 6LowPAN module (Bragg)
- Optimising Networking with 6LowPAN (Ward)
- Algorithms and systems developments
- Semantic Sensor Networks and Sensor Web
- Semsorgrid4env - EU project on rolling out semantic sensor web for environmental monitoring
- Streamed semantic reasoning (Al Beladi)
- Hardware platforms
- feshie node based on Zolertia Z1 and deployed in Scotland
- Glacsweb
probe
- has been through many major versions
- A powerful Gumsense platform with ARM+MSP430
- Gumstix - were the basis of a lot of our systems our Gumsense
- TelosB used as a lab platform for IoT experiments
- Zolertia z1 nodes running Contiki
- we tested Libelium Waspmotes
- Sun Spots
- TelosB and TinyNodes - tested for
SemsorGrid4Env
- Deployments
- Scotland - Cairgorms - Internet of Things approach to ESNs
- Iceland
- long term project on environmental sensor networks for glaciology
- Norway - Glacsweb systems deployed in glacier over three years
- San Diego: Real-time remote erosion monitoring and outreach pilot In
Los Laureles Canyon, Tijuana, Mexico. (funded by NOAA)
- Conferences
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