On Sensor Networking and Signal Processing for Smart and Safe Buildings
Pramod K. Varshney, Chilukuri Krishna Mohan · Kluwer Academic Publishers eBooks · 2006
The monitoring and control of indoor environments has become an increasingly important concern, with multiple objectives including maximizing the comfort and minimizing health risks of occupants, in everyday operating conditions as well as emergency situations. The deployment of many networked sensors, equipped with reasoning and communicating abilities, can significantly contribute towards these objectives. This chapter discusses a framework for sensor networking in smart and safe buildings, and considers various issues relevant in the development of such networks and effective use of the information obtained by sensors in these networks. A hierarchical decision model is envisaged spanning multiple reasoning levels. Examples of control and response planning applications are discussed.