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Many theoretical works analysing Wireless Sensor Networks make ad hoc assumptions regarding their physical properties. In our work we measure physical properties of WSNs, such as node power consumption and effective error rates in many realistic scenarios, e.g. in open field, forest and urban environments. We use popular MicaZ and IRIS motes compliant to ZigBee standard to provide a good framework for further research on organization, routing and management algorithms for energy efficient and robust environment monitoring. Using our measurements we find realistic parameters for abstract models to be used in WSN simulations and provide radio transmission model for near-ground node placement.
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Słabicki, M., Wojciechowski, B., Surmacz, T. (2012). Realistic Model of Radio Communication in Wireless Sensor Networks. In: Kwiecień, A., Gaj, P., Stera, P. (eds) Computer Networks. CN 2012. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 291. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31217-5_35
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