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A Wireless Sensor Network for Hospital Security: From User Requirements to Pilot Deployment
EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking volume 2011, Article number: 920141 (2011)
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Increasing amount of Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) applications require low network delays. However, current research on WSNs has mainly concentrated on optimizing energy-efficiency omitting low network delays. This paper presents a novel WSN design targeted at applications requiring low data transfer delays and high reliability. We present the whole design flow from user requirements to an actual pilot deployment in a real hospital unit. The WSN includes multihop low-delay data transfer and energy-efficient mobile nodes reaching lifetime of years with small batteries. The nodes communicate using a low-cost low-power 2.4 GHz radio. The network is used in a security application with which personnel can send alarms in threatening situations. Also, a multitude of sensor measurements and actuator control is possible with the WSN. A full-scale pilot deployment is extensively experimented for performance results. Currently, the pilot network is in use at the hospital.
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Kaseva, V., Hämäläinen, T.D. & Hännikäinen, M. A Wireless Sensor Network for Hospital Security: From User Requirements to Pilot Deployment. J Wireless Com Network 2011, 920141 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1155/2011/920141
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2011/920141