Seminar report on WSN technology

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SUBMITTED TO:-
ER. RAVI RANJAN MISHRA,
Asst. lecturer department of ece,
Mewar University
MEWAR UNIVERSITY
CHITTORGARH,RAJASTHAN
A
Technical seminar report
On
WIRELESS SENSER NETWORK
SUBMITTED BY :-
KAPIL DEV DWIVEDI
10MUBECE128
B-Tech, 3rd year student at Mewar University,
gangrar, chittorgarh (raj.)
SHUSMA SANDEY
10MUBECE112
B-Tech, 3rd year student at Mewar University,
gangrar, chittorgarh (raj.)
in partial fulfillment for the award of the degree
of
BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY
In
ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

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Candidate’s Declaration
I hereby declare that the work, which is being presented in the report, entitled
“WIRELESS SENSER NETWORK” in partial fulfillment for the award
of Degree of “Bachelor of Technology” submitted to the Department of
(ECE) Engineering, Mewar University, gangrar is a record of my own
Investigations carried under the Guidance of Mr. RAVI RANJAN MISHRA
Mewar university
I have not submitted the matter presented in this report any where for the award
of any other Degree.
(KAPIL DEV DWIVEDI)
10MUBECE128
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Name(s) of Supervisor(s)
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CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that this Dissertation entitled “WIRELESS SENSER NETWORK” has been
successfully carried out by KAPIL DEV DWIVEDI(ROLL No:-10MUBECE128)& SHUSMA
SANDEY(ROLL No:-10MUBECE112), under my supervision and guidance, in partial
fulfillment of the requirement for the award of Bachelor of Technology Degree in Electronics
and Communication Engineering from Mewar University, Gangrar, Chittorgarh for the Year
2010-2014.
Supervisor

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Every project begins with an idea and materializes with concrete efforts. In the
beginning, I would like to thank the almighty God who gave me the strength and
capability to work on this Seminar Topic and complete it successfully.
It is indeed gratifying to have the privilege to express my deep sense of Gratitude
and appreciation to my esteemed guides ER. RAVI RANJAN MISHRA
Department of (ECE.) Engineering. for his scholarly painstaking & incessant
encouragement, inspiring supervision & valuable guidance during the course of
investigation.
For all this kind consideration I’m beholden him in my feelings of respect of
regards for him.
I would also like to thank my parents, my classmates, my all teachers and all other
people who helped me in successfully completing my topic.
KAPIL DEV DWIVEDI
(ROLL No:-10MUBECE128)
SHUSMA SANDEY
(ROLL No:-10MUBECE112)

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CONTENTS:
 1. ABSTRACT ……………………………………………………….6
 2. INTRODUCTION ………………………………………………...7-11
2.1 WSN TECHNOLOGY
2.2 HISTORY OF WSN
2.3 ARCHITECTURE OF WSN
 3 SENSOR TECHNOLOGY…………………………………….11-14
3.1 DEFINITION
3.2 TYPE OF SENSOR
3.3 TRENDS OF SENSOR
 4 FEATURES …………………………………………………….14-16
4.1 AD-HOCK DEPLOYMENT
4.2 UN-ATTENDED OPERATION
4.3 UNMETERED
4.4. DYNAMIC CHANGES
 5.. APPLICATIONS ………………………………………………16-19
5.1 ENVIORNMENT MONITERING
5.2 HELTH MONITERING
5.3 TRAFIC CONTROL
5,4 SMART BUILDING
 6. STANDERDISATION……………………………………………20
 7 CONCLUSION ………………………………………………..….21

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 8. . REFERENCES………………………………….......................22
ABSTRACT
Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) enable new applications and require
non-conventional paradigms for protocol design due to several constraints.
Owing to the requirement for low device complexity together with low
energy consumption (i.e., long network lifetime), a proper balance between
communication and signal/data processing Capabilities must be found. This
motivates a huge effort in research activities, standardization process, and
industrial investments on this field since the last decade. This survey paper
aims at reporting an overview of WSNs technologies, main applications and
standards, features in WSNs design, and evolutions. In particular, some
peculiar applications, such as those based on environmental monitoring,
are discussed and design strategies highlighted; a case study based on a
real implementation is also reported. Trends and possible evolutions are
traced. Emphasis is given to the IEEE 802.15.4 technology, which enables
many applications of WSNs. Some example of performance characteristics
of 802.15.4-based networks are shown and discussed as a function of the
size of the WSN and the data type to be exchanged among nodes.

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1. INTRODUCTION
A wireless sensor network (WSN) consists of spatially
distributed autonomous sensors to monitor physical or environmental conditions,
such as temperature, sound, pressure, etc. and to cooperatively pass their data
through the network to a main location. The more modern networks are bi-
directional, also enabling control of sensor activity. The development of wireless
sensor networks was motivated by military applications such as battlefield
surveillance; today such networks are used in many industrial and consumer
applications, such as industrial process monitoring and control, machine health
monitoring, and so on.
1.1 WSN TECHNOLOGY
The WSN is built of "nodes" – from a few to several hundreds or even thousands,
where each node is connected to one (or sometimes several) sensors. Each such
sensor network node has typically several parts: a radio transceiver with an
internal antenna or connection to an external antenna, a microcontroller, an
electronic circuit for interfacing with the sensors and an energy source, usually
a battery or an embedded form of energy harvesting. A sensor node might vary in
size from that of a shoebox down to the size of a grain of dust, although
functioning "motes" of genuine microscopic dimensions have yet to be created.
The cost of sensor nodes is similarly variable, ranging from a few to hundreds of
dollars, depending on the complexity of the individual sensor nodes. Size and cost
constraints on sensor nodes result in corresponding constraints on resources such
as energy, memory, computational speed and communications bandwidth. The
topology of the WSNs can vary from a simple star network to an advanced multi-
hop wireless mesh network. The propagation technique between the hops of the
network can be routing or flooding.

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2.2 HISTORY
The origins of the research on WSNs can be traced back to the Distributed Sensor
Networks(DSN) program at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
(DARPA) at around 1980. By this time, the ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects
Agency Network) had been operational for a number of years, with about 200
hosts at universities and research institutes. DSNs were assumed to have many
spatially distributed low-cost sensing nodes that collaborated with each other but
operated autonomously, with information being routed to whichever node was
best able to use the information. At that time, this was actually an ambitious
program. There were no personal computers and workstations; processing was
mainly performed on minicomputers and the Ethernet was just becoming
popular. Technology components for a DSN were identified in a Distributed
Sensor Nets workshop in 1978 (Proceedings of the Distributed Sensor Nets
Workshop, 1978). these included sensors (acoustic), communication and
processing modules, and distributed software. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon
University (CMU) even developed a communication-oriented operating system
called Accent (Rashid & Robertson, 1981), which allowed flexible, transparent
access to distributed resources required for a fault-tolerant DSN. A demonstrative
application of DSN was a helicopter tracking system (Myers et al., 1984), using
a distributed array of acoustic microphones by means of signal abstractions and
matching techniques, developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT). Even though early researchers on sensor networks had in mind the vision
of a DSN, the technology was not quite ready. More specifically, the sensors were
rather large and This work was carried out during the tenure of an ERCIM “Alain
Bensoussan” Fellowship Program and is part of the MELODY Project, which is
funded by the Research Council of Norway under the contract number
187857/S10.

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In the new wave of sensor network research, networking techniques and
networked information processing suitable for highly dynamic ad hoc
environments and resource constrained sensor nodes have been the focus.
Further, the sensor nodes have been much smaller in size (i.e. pack of cards to
dust particle) and much cheaper in price, and thus many new civilian applications
of sensor networks such as environment monitoring, vehicular sensor network
and body sensor network have emerged. Again, DARPA acted as a pioneer in the
new wave of sensor network research by launching an initiative research program
called SensIT. Which provided the present sensor networks with new capabilities
such as ad hoc networking, dynamic querying and tasking, reprogramming and
multitasking. At the same time, the IEEE noticed the low expense and high
capabilities that sensor networks offer. The organization has defined the IEEE
802.15.4 standard (IEEE 802.15 WPAN Task Group 4, n.d.) for low data rate
wireless personal area networks. Based on IEEE 802.15.4, ZigBee Alliance (ZigBee
Alliance, n.d.) has published the ZigBee standard which specifies a suite of high
level communication protocols which can be used by WSNs. Currently, WSN has
been viewed as one of the most important technologies for the 21st century (21
Ideas for the 21st Century,1999). Countries such as China have involved WSNs in
their national strategic research programmer’s (Ni, 2008). The
commercialization’s of WSNs are also being accelerated by new formed
companies like Crossbow Technology (Crossbow Technology, n.d.) and Dust
Networks

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2.3 WSN ARCHITECTURE
The architecture of wsn consist of sensor microcontroller unit antenna and
transmitter & receiver of the system.sens0r and control units are connected
to the battery for required power supply voltage sensor sense the physical
environment and send the input to the A/D converter to convert it into digital
form and then it is send to the control unit of microcontroller from where the
o/p’s are controlled by the mechanism stored in microcontroller unit

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The topology of the WSNs can vary from a simple star network to an
advanced multi-hop wireless mesh network. The propagation technique
between the hops of the network can be routing or flooding.
Typical multi-hop wireless sensor network architecture
3. SENSOR
Sensors are the very important part of any sensor network it is the primery
hub of wireless sensor networks. All wireless technology is depend upon
these sensors in our general life we use many sensors ,do u know that how
much sensors are working in your system or in your mobile cell. U can not
think about a network without sensor

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3.1 DEFINITION
A 'sensor' is a device that measures a physical quantity and converts it into
a 'signal' which can be read by an observer or by an instrument. For
example, a mercury thermometer converts the measured temperature into
the expansion and contraction of a liquid which can be read on a calibrated
glass tube.
3.2 TYPE OF SENSOR
There are a lot of different types of sensors. Sensors are used in everyday
objects.
Thermal sensors
A sensor that detects temperature. Thermal sensors are found in many
laptops and computers in order to sound an alarm when a certain
temperature has been exceeded.

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temperature sensors: thermometers
heat sensors: bolometer, calorimeter
Electromagnetic sensors
An electronic device used to measure a physical quantity such as pressure
or loudness and convert it into an electronic signal of some kind (e.g.
a voltage).
electrical resistance sensors: ohmmeter
electrical voltage sensors: voltmeter
electrical power sensors: watt-hour meter
magnetism sensors: magnetic compass
metal detectors
Radar
Mechanical sensors
Pressure sensors: barometer
Vibration and shock sensors
Motion sensors
A motion sensor detects physical movement in a given area.
radar gun, tachometer
Car sensors
reversing sensor
rain sensor

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3.3 The trend of sensors
Because of certain disadvantages of physical contact sensors, newer
technology non-contact sensors have become prevalent in industry,
performing well in many applications. The recent style of non-contact
sensors shows that “Thin (g) is In”. Market trends show that form and size
are important. Users are looking for smaller and more accurate sensors.
New technologies for the sensing chips are breaking application barriers.
For the future, the trend will be to continue to provide smaller, more
affordable sensors that have the flexibility to fit even more applications in
both industrial and commercial environments.
4. FEATURES:
In spite of the diverse applications, sensor networks pose a number of
unique technical features due to the following factors:

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4.1. Ad hoc deployment:
Most sensor nodes are deployed in regions which have no infrastructure at all. A
typical way of deployment in a forest would be tossing the sensor nodes from an
aeroplane. In such a situation, it is up to the nodes to identify its connectivity and
distribution.
4.2 .Unattended operation:
In most cases, once deployed, sensor networks have no human intervention. Hence
the nodes themselves are responsible for reconfiguration in case of any changes.
4.3. Unmetered:
The sensor nodes are not connected to any energy source. There is only a finite
source Of energy, which must be optimally used for processing and
communication? An interesting fact is That communication dominates processing
in energy consumption. Thus, in order to make optimal Use of energy,
communication should be minimized as much as possible.
4.4 Dynamic changes:
It is required that a sensor network system be adaptable to changing Connectivity
(for e.g., due to addition of more nodes, failure of nodes etc.) as well as changing
Environmental stimuli. Thus, unlike traditional networks, where the focus is on
maximizing channel throughput or minimizing node deployment, the major
consideration in a sensor network is to extend the system lifetime as well as the
system robustness.

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5. APPLICATIONS
The original motivation behind the research into WSNs was military application.
Examples of military sensor networks include large-scale acoustic ocean
surveillance systems for the detection of submarines, self-organized and
randomly deployedWSNs for battlefield surveillance and attaching microsensors
to weapons for stockpile surveillance (Pister, 2000). As the costs for sensor nodes
and communication networks have been reduced, many other potential
applications including those for civilian purposes have emerged. The following are
a few examples.
5.1 Environmental Monitoring
Environmental monitoring (Steere et al., 2000) can be used for animal tracking,
forest surveillance, flood detection, and weather forecasting. It is a natural
candidate for applying WSNs, because the variables to be monitored, e.g.
temperature, are usually distributed over a large region. One example is that
researchers from the University of Southampton have built a glacial environment
monitoring system using WSNs in Norway (Martinez et al., 2005). They collect
data from sensor nodes installed within the ice and the sub-glacial sediment
without the use of wires which could disturb the environment.

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5.2 Health Monitoring
WSNs can be embedded into a hospital building to track and monitor patients and
all medical resources. Special kinds of sensors which can measure blood pressure,
body temperature and electrocardiograph (ECG) can even be knitted into clothes
to provide remote nursing for the elderly. When the sensors are worn or
implanted for healthcare purposes, they form a special kind of sensor network
called a body sensor network (BSN). BSN is a rich interdisciplinary area which
revolutionizes the healthcare system by allowing inexpensive, continuous
and ambulatory health monitoring with real-time updates of medical records via
the Internet.

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5.3 TRAFFIC CONTROL
Sensor networks have been used for vehicle traffic monitoring and control for
some time. At many crossroads, there are either overhead or buried sensors to
detect vehicles and to control the traffic lights. Furthermore, video cameras are
also frequently used to monitor road segments with heavy traffic. However, the
traditional communication networks used to connect these sensors are costly,
and thus traffic monitoring is usually only available at a few critical points in a city
(Chong & Kumar, 2003). WSNs will completely change the landscape of traffic
monitoring and control by installing cheap sensor nodes in the car, at the parking
lots, along the roadside, etc. Street line, Inc. (Street line, Inc., n.d.) is a company
which uses sensor network technology to help drivers find unoccupied parking
places and avoid traffic jams. The solutions provided by Street line can
significantly improve the city traffic management and reduce the emission of
carbon dioxide.
5.4 SMART BUILDINGS
The New York Times Building - a Smart Building
The headquarters of the New York Times is an example of how different
smart building technologies can be combined to reduce energy
consumption and to increase user comfort. Overall, the building consumes
30% less energy than traditional office skyscrapers. Opened in November
2007 and designed by Renzo Piano, the building has a curtain wall which
serves as a sunscreen and changes color during the day. This wall consists
of ceramic rods, “a supporting structure for the screen and an insulated
window unit” (Hart, 2008).

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The building is further equipped with lighting and shading control systems
based on ICT technologies. The lighting system ensures that electrical light
is only used when required. Further day lighting measures include a garden
in the centre of the ground floor which is open to the sky as well as a large
area skylight. The electrical ballasts in the lighting system are equipped
with chips that allow each ballast to be controlled separately. The shading
system tracks the position of the sun and relies on a sensor network to
automatically actuate the raising and lowering of the shades. The high-tech
HVAC system is equipped with sensors that measure the temperature. It is
further able to rely on free air cooling, i.e. fresh air on cool mornings is
brought into the HVAC system. An automated building system monitors in
parallel “the air conditioning, water cooling, heating, fire alarm, and
generation systems” (Siemens, 2008). The system relies on a large-scale
sensor network composed of different kinds of sensors which deliver real-
time information. Consequently, energy can be saved as only as few
systems are turned on as needed.

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5.5 SECURITY
While the future of WSNs is very prospective, WSNs will not be successfully
deployed if security, dependability and privacy issues are not addressed
adequately. These issues become more important because WSNs are usually used
for very critical applications. Furthermore, WSNs are very vulnerable and thus
attractive to attacks because of their limited prices andhuman-unattended
deployment .IT provide kee management, authentication, intrusion detection,
privacy protection which makes WSN secure.
6. Standardization
In the area of WSNs, several standards are currently either ratified or under
development. The major standardization bodies are the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), the
International Society for Automation (ISA) and the HART Communication
Foundation, etc. These standardization bodies have different focuses and they
provide global, open standards for interoperable, low-power wireless sensor
devices. Table 1 provides the comparisons of different standards currently
available for the communication protocols of WSNs.
6.1 IEEE 802.15.4
IEEE 802.15.4 is a standard which specifies the physical layer and MAC layer for
low-rate wireless personal area networks. It is the basis for the ZigBee and
Wireless HART specification, each of which further attempts to offer a complete
networking solution by developing the upper layers which are not covered by the
standard. The features of IEEE 802.15.4 include (IEEE 802.15 WPAN Task Group 4,
n.d.):
• Data rates of 250 kbps, 40 kbps, and 20 kbps.
• Two addressing modes; 16-bit short and 64-bit IEEE addressing.
• Support for critical latency devices, such as joysticks.
• CSMA-CA channel access.
• Automatic network establishment by the coordinator.
• Fully handshaked protocol for transfer reliability.
• Power management to ensure low power consumption.
• 16 channels in the 2.4GHz ISM band, 10 channels in the 915MHz ISM band and
one channel in the 868MHz band.

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7. conclusion
WSNs have been identified as one of the most prospective technologies in this
century. This chapter provides information concerning both its history and current
state of the art. In concrete terms, the authors provide an overview about the
hardware, software and networking protocol design of this important technology.
The authors also discuss the security and ongoing standardization of this
technology. Depending on applications, many other techniques such as
localization, synchronization and in-network processing can be important, which
are not discussed in this chapter.

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