An Integrated Deployment Planning Tool for Indoor Building Sensor Networks
Sensors and Materials · 2014
Wireless sensor networks have become an increasingly feasible approach for building automation applications.However, radio propagation suffers from largescale path loss, shadowing, multipath fading and other radio interference problems in building environments.Therefore, deployment of sensor nodes in a dynamic in-building environment is a complex operation that requires expert knowledge and experience.In this paper, we present a deployment planning tool that can provide a set of useful tools for deploying a wireless sensor network in a building environment.The proposed deployment planning tool provides design tools that can assist users in developing a network infrastructure to support reliable communication.To evaluate the effectiveness of this tool, we designed a sensor network using this tool and deployed a wireless sensor network in our testbed.The experimental results showed that the network performance achieved a high level of reliability.