SmartConnect: A system for the design and deployment of wireless sensor networks

• Main Authors: Bhattacharya, A., Ladwa, S. M., Srivastava, R., Mallya, A., Rao, A., Sahib, D. G. R., Anand, S. V. R., Kumar, A.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Subjects: Algorithm design and analysis; Design analysis; Design engineering; Field interactive design; Mathematical models; Networks; Predictive models; Quality of service; Quality of service architectures; Relay; Relay networks; Relays; Sensors; Wireless communication; Wireless relay network design and deployment; Wireless sensor network design; Wireless sensor networks
• ISSN: 2155-2487; 2155-2509
• DOI: 10.1109/COMSNETS.2013.6465582

We have developed SmartConnect, a tool that addresses the growing need for the design and deployment of multihop wireless relay networks for connecting sensors to a control center. Given the locations of the sensors, the traffic that each sensor generates, the quality of service (QoS) requirements, and the potential locations at which relays can be placed, Smart-Connect helps design and deploy a low-cost wireless multihop relay network. SmartConnect adopts a field interactive, iterative approach, with model based network design, field evaluation and relay augmentation performed iteratively until the desired QoS is met. The design process is based on approximate combinatorial optimization algorithms. In the paper, we provide the design choices made in SmartConnect and describe the experimental work that led to these choices. Finally, we provide results from some experimental deployments.