Evaluating communication protocols for miniature wireless sensor devices

• Main Author: Poon, Wen Jie.
• Other Authors: Wong Kai Juan, Steven
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering::Wireless communication systems
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/44949
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Wireless sensor devices are commonly used for monitoring physical and environmental phenomena, and are often constrained in size due to mobility requirements. Their miniature size results in a drastic decrease in the battery capacity available, thus these devices typically run on a single radio transceiver. While the drop in energy resources provides for a huge area of research in which novel communication protocols have to be designed to enable energy-efficient wireless communication, this project also explores the use of multiple transceivers for performance-centric applications. Several approaches to implement similar multi-radio systems are evaluated for their viability on wireless sensor devices, by which the findings serve as a base for design and development of a multi-radio system comprising XBee radio modules.