Topical Collection on "Design and analysis of energy-efficient sensor networks for environmental monitoring applications"
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 November 2024
Collection Editors
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Malaysia
E-mail: taha-1989@graduate.utm.my, tahaaldhief@hotmail.com
Dr. Musatafa Abbas Abbood Albadr
Basrah University for Oil and Gas, Iraq
E-mail: mustafa.albadr@buog.edu.iq
Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science & Technology University, Bangladesh.
E-mail: selim.ece@tch.hstu.ac.bd
Topical Collection Information
Temperature, sound, vibration, acceleration, pressure, motion, humidity, and chemical or pollutant concentrations from multiple application domains are just a few of the ambient parameters that WSNs may detect. Environmental Sensor Networks make it easier to research basic mechanisms and create systems for responding to hazards. The goal of energy efficient routing protocols is to extend the lifespan of each SN while lowering energy usage. Conversely, energy balanced routing strategies increase network longevity by distributing power usage among network nodes in an equitable manner. A wireless sensor network is a network of spatially dispersed autonomous devices that work together to collaboratively monitor various physical and environmental parameters at different places. These conditions could include temperature, motion, sound, vibration, pressure, or pollution. For the purpose of tracking and vetting a wide range of environmental contaminants, sensors are a highly effective analytical instrument. In order to identify different inorganic, organic, and biological analytes for environmental analysis, many sensing platforms have been created. Gas and pressure sensors are the most widely used environmental sensors. A specific chemical concentration of the gas species under investigation provides the stimulus for the second sensor type, as a defined applied gas pressure level provides the stimulus for the first sensor type.
A sensor network is a collection of sensors, each of it gathers data from a distinct area and transmits it to a central point for processing, archiving, and viewing. The method used to keep an eye on the environment's quality is called an environmental monitoring system. Any necessary parameter can be monitored in real time with the RMS program. Rotronic provides solutions for flow, pressure, lux, CO2, temperature, relative humidity, dew and frost point, and differential pressure. Since the lifespan of the systems depends on the lifetime of each sensor node, energy efficiency is the primary criterion for designing routing protocols for wireless sensor networks. Using less energy to accomplish the same work or get the same outcome is known as energy efficiency. Energy efficient buildings and homes require less energy for cooling, heating, and operating appliances and electronics, and manufacturing facilities that use less energy to create goods also use less energy.
Sensor networks come in two flavors are wireless and wired. A sensor network's nodes, sensors, gateway, and management node are its constituent parts. Utilisation. Asset temperature, vibration, pressure, and fluid levels are frequently measured by sensors. Actuators are used in the industrial sector to control couplings, valves, and dampers. The first elements of a measurement chain are sensors. It transforms the chemical and physical parameters of an installation or a process into electrical impulses that nearly invariably start off as analog signals. Additionally, the variables involved must be reflected as nearly as feasible in this conversion. Environmental sensors are frequently used for temperature and humidity regulation, leak and moisture detection, indoor air quality monitoring, and security and safety alarms. It picks up on a system's or device's vibration, movement, or acceleration. It can be used, for example, for vibration recording, occupancy sensing, shock monitoring, and human fall detection. Contributions are invited from a range of disciplines and perspectives, including, but not restricted to: Design and analysis of energy-efficient sensor networks for environmental monitoring applications.
Possible topics include, but are not limited to:
- The estimation error of environmental monitoring via energy efficient wireless sensor networks is evaluated mathematically.
- Improving the efficiency of sensor networks that harvest energy for applications including environmental monitoring.
- Design and deployment of an energy efficient wireless sensor network for condition-based maintenance.
- An overview of energy efficient routing technologies and wireless sensor network applications.
- A new plan for a wireless sensor network based, energy efficient Internet of Things.
- An overview of energy saving methods for wireless sensor networks.
- Energy efficient environment monitoring system design and implementation.
- An examination of wireless sensor network energy efficiency as it relates to smart agriculture.
- A dependable and energy efficient data transmission system for intricate environmental tracking in submerged acoustic sensor networks.
- Utilising wireless sensor networks to monitor the environment and creating a cluster-based routing system that uses less energy.
- Wireless sensor networks can benefit from energy conscious sensor node design.
- An overview of sensor network scheduling techniques that save energy.