Wireless Sensor Network and Sensor Fusion Technology for Ubiquitous Smart Living Space Applications (Invited Paper)
Ming-Whei Feng, Show-Lin Wen, Kun‐Cheng Tsai, Yung-Chih Liu, Hung-Ren Lai · 2008
This paper describes wireless sensor network (WSN) and sensor fusion technology designed for ubiquitous smart living space applications. With respect to the WSN technology, a new standard from the Zigbee alliance is introduced. This new standard is designed to help constructing the network infrastructure by integrating with the TCP/IP network with the ZigBee network. A new approach for WSN deployment based on this new standard is also presented. With respect to the sensor fusion technology, this paper presents a smart sensing and control algorithm that naturally adjusts the thermal quality of the environment according to the interior and exterior environmental factors and the behavior of the inhabitants in a smart skin environment. The experiment results indicate that the proposed algorithm significantly improves the thermal comfort and effectively reduces energy consumption.