PFC: Study of wireless nodes as a final product
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The objective of this project is the study of electromagnetic radiation depending on the final location of the node (in a person, in noisy environments, etc), the electromagnetic compatibility with the environment, applicable law, etc. It will also be important to know the effects of the final case (the one that allows us to obtain a device resistant to the conditions of use) in radiation, range and reliability of the node, as well as possible changes in the behavior of the sensors and actuators in the device, etc.

Related Technologies

  • WSN
  • HW design
  • Wireless communications
  • Electromagnetic radiation
  • Mechanics

Task

  • Study of the state of the art in electromagnetic radiations in Wireless Sensor Networks
  • Study of the behavior of nodes with their final case.
  • Requirements definition
  • Implementation of the nodes and functionality
  • Tests and results

 

Requirements

  • Dedication: 4 hours/day.

Tutor

Elena Romero <elena@die.upm.es>

Elena Real <ereal@die.upm.es>

State

Not assigned

PFC: Design and implementation of a dynamic Wireless Sensor Network
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The objective of this project is to design and to implement the functionality for different types of nodes that form a wireless network (coordinators, end devices, etc.) to be able to manage their spatial mobility without losing functionality. Nodes must be able to discover new nodes in the network and to dynamically associate to coordinators based on their location. Others parameters like optimal topology and routing network are also sought.

Related Technologies

  • WSN
  • Sw design
  • Wireless communications

Task

  • Study of the state of the art in Wireless sensor networks
  • Requirements definition
  • Implementation of the nodes and functionality
  • Tests and results

Requirements

  • Dedication: 4 hours/day.

Tutor

Elena Real <ereal@die.upm.es>

Elena Romero <elena@die.upm.es>

State

In progress

Thesis: Smart Energy Harvesting strategies for Wireless Sensor Networks
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Author: Elena Real López

Advisor: Alvaro Araujo Pinto

In recent years we have attended to the development of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) and their inclusion in many areas of our daily life. Since nodes are wireless to ensure the ubiquity of the network and in many cases they are also mobile, it is essential to power them with batteries. Moreover, these batteries must be small to fit the size of the device. What’s more, it is customary that the location of the node is inaccessible, so changing batteries is considerably complicated.

This, coupled with the requirements specified above, makes it almost essential to use energy harvesting techniques for ensuring the device power.

The goal of this thesis is the study and the development of various smart energy harvesting techniques to improve the energy supply of wireless devices. In addition, this smart energy harvesting should adapt to the specific needs of the network and to the environment in which it is placed, with the aim to achieve an optimal behavior and a higher benefit.

Thesis: Strategies to maximize the lifetime of wireless sensor networks with a cross-layer approach
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Author: Alba Rozas Cid

Advisor: Álvaro Araujo Pinto

Synopsis: Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are one of the fastest growing sectors in the field of wireless and mobile communications. A WSN consists of spatially distributed autonomous sensor nodes deployed to monitor physical or environmental conditions, over a certain area. Each sensor node has a radio system and a small processor, and it is powered from a limited energy source, generally a small battery. Given this limited energy source, reducing consumption is a crucial matter in WSNs. An important term in this field of research is the “network lifetime”. It is roughly defined as the period in which the network is operational. As can be seen, the notion of operation is not objective, and it strongly depends on the application for which the network is intended. However, most definitions of the term fail to take the application into account.

Not only is it interesting to increase the network lifetime, but there are also certain applications in which it would be very desirable for the user to have control in the process of degradation that comes at the end of it. This leads us to the introduction of a new paradigm: the controlled degradation of the network.

In this thesis we want to link the definition of the network lifetime to the specific application of each WSN. We believe this, along with having control in the eventual degradation, can lead to better algorithms and optimizations focusing both on energy consumption and quality of service. Also, given this group’s experience with Cognitive Wireless Sensor Networks (CWSNs), we would like to use the cognitive paradigm as much as possible. We believe that it can lead to promising results and it would enable a cross-layer approach, mainly through spectrum sensing and cooperation between nodes.

PROMETEO: Tecnologías para el combate integral contra incendios forestales y para la conservación de nuestros bosques
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  • Title: Tecnologías para el combate integral contra incendios forestales y para la conservación de nuestros bosques.
  • Funding Organization: ISDEFE through the Centro para el Desarrollo Tecnológico Industrial (CDTI). Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación.
  • Participants:
    • Companies: Inaer Helicópteros, Hispasat, Indra Espacio, Indra Software Labs, Deimos Space Elecnor, Telvent Sneider, Expace Maxam, Geacam, Vaersa, Isdefe, Inaer Maintenance, Aries Ingeniería, Tecnosylva, Brainstorm, Innovatec.
    • Research Centers: Fundación Robotiker-Tecnalia, Universidad de Córdoba (UCO), Universidad de Salamanca (USAL), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña (UPC), Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (UPV), Universidad de Castilla La Mancha (UCLM), Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Instituto Tecnológico de Informática (ITI), Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA), Laboratorio de Teledetección de la Universidad de Valladolid (LATUV), Fundación Centro de Supercomputación de Castilla y León (FCSCL), Fundación General del Medio Ambiente de Castilla La Mancha (FCGM), Organismo de Investigación Fundación Andaluza para el Desarrollo Aeroespacial (FADA-CATEC).
  • Description: PROMETEO is the biggest applied research project awarded to a corporate consortium in Spain, concerning the fight against forest fires. This project aims at safeguarding the conservation of our forests, optimizing the public administrations’ resources allocated for this purpose, by means of the development of new technologies that would allow us to minimize the forest fire hazard and mitigate the environmental damage in case of fire. Our group is responsible for the development of a wireless sensor network, to be deployed in high risk environments, with the objective of preventing and eventually helping in the extinction of forest fires.

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