TY - GEN
T1 - A fault tolerant wired/wireless sensor network architecture for monitoring pipeline infrastructures
AU - Mohamed, Nader
AU - Jawhar, Imad
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - This paper proposes a new fault-tolerant sensor network architecture for monitoring pipeline infrastructures. This architecture is an integrated wired and wireless network. The wired part of the network is considered the primary network while the wireless part is used as a backup among sensor nodes when there is any failure in the wired network. This architecture solves the current reliability issues of wired networks for pipelines monitoring and control. This includes the problem of disabling the network by disconnecting the network cables due to artificial or natural reasons. In addition, it solves the issues raised in recently proposed network architectures using wireless sensor networks for pipeline monitoring. These issues include the issues of power management and efficient routing for wireless sensor nodes to extend the life of the network. Detailed advantages of the proposed integrated network architecture are discussed under different application and fault scenarios.
AB - This paper proposes a new fault-tolerant sensor network architecture for monitoring pipeline infrastructures. This architecture is an integrated wired and wireless network. The wired part of the network is considered the primary network while the wireless part is used as a backup among sensor nodes when there is any failure in the wired network. This architecture solves the current reliability issues of wired networks for pipelines monitoring and control. This includes the problem of disabling the network by disconnecting the network cables due to artificial or natural reasons. In addition, it solves the issues raised in recently proposed network architectures using wireless sensor networks for pipeline monitoring. These issues include the issues of power management and efficient routing for wireless sensor nodes to extend the life of the network. Detailed advantages of the proposed integrated network architecture are discussed under different application and fault scenarios.
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U2 - 10.1109/SENSORCOMM.2008.116
DO - 10.1109/SENSORCOMM.2008.116
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:55949104674
SN - 9780769533308
T3 - Proceedings - 2nd Int. Conf. Sensor Technol. Appl., SENSORCOMM 2008, Includes: MESH 2008 Conf. Mesh Networks; ENOPT 2008 Energy Optim. Wireless Sensors Networks, UNWAT 2008 Under Water Sensors Systems
SP - 179
EP - 184
BT - Proceedings - 2nd Int. Conf. Sensor Technol. Appl., SENSORCOMM 2008, Includes
T2 - 2nd International Conference on Sensor Technologies and Applications, SENSORCOMM 2008
Y2 - 25 August 2008 through 31 August 2008
ER -