Ubiquitous model for wireless sensor networks monitoring

• Main Author: Elias, André Gaudêncio Ferreira
• Publication Date: 2012
• Format: Master thesis
• Language: eng
• Source: Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)
• Download full: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/3708
• topic: Redes de sensores sem fios; Internet of things; Redes de sensor sem fios - Monitorização móvel - Serviços web; Computação móvel; Android

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) belongs to a new technology trend where tiny and resource constrained devices are wirelessly interconnected and are able to interact with the surrounding environment by collecting data, such as temperature and humidity. Recently, due to the huge growth of mobile devices usage with Internet connection, smartphones are becoming the center of future ubiquitous wireless networks allowing users to access data network services, anytime and anywhere. According to the Internet of Things vision, interconnecting WSNs with smartphones and the Internet is a big challenge. Then, due to the heterogeneity of these devices new architectures are required. This dissertation focuses on the design and construction of a ubiquitous architecture for WSNs monitoring based on Web services, a relational database, and an Android mobile application. This architecture allows mobile users accessing real-time or historical data in a ubiquitous environment using smartphones. Besides that, a push notification system to alert mobile users when a sensor parameter overcomes a given threshold was created. The entire solution was evaluated and demonstrated using a laboratory WSN testbed, and is ready for use.