TY - GEN
T1 - Reliability challenges and enhancement approaches for pipeline sensor and actor networks
AU - Mohamed, Nader
AU - Jawhar, Imad
AU - Shuaib, Khaled
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Sensor and actor networks are used to monitor and control pipeline infrastructures. This paper discusses and compares different sensor and actor network architectures for water, gas, and oil pipeline infrastructures monitoring. These architectures are wired networks, wireless networks, separated wired and wireless networks, and integrated wired and wireless networks. The paper also discusses the reliability challenges and enhancement approaches for these network architectures. The reliability characteristics, advantages, and disadvantages among these architectures are discussed and compared. Three reliability factors are used for the discussion and comparison: the network connectivity, the continuity of power supply for the network, and network maintainability.
AB - Sensor and actor networks are used to monitor and control pipeline infrastructures. This paper discusses and compares different sensor and actor network architectures for water, gas, and oil pipeline infrastructures monitoring. These architectures are wired networks, wireless networks, separated wired and wireless networks, and integrated wired and wireless networks. The paper also discusses the reliability challenges and enhancement approaches for these network architectures. The reliability characteristics, advantages, and disadvantages among these architectures are discussed and compared. Three reliability factors are used for the discussion and comparison: the network connectivity, the continuity of power supply for the network, and network maintainability.
KW - Pipelines protection and monitoring
KW - Reliable network architecture
KW - Sensor and actor networks
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:62949140016
SN - 1601320914
SN - 9781601320919
T3 - Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Wireless Networks, ICWN 2008
SP - 46
EP - 51
BT - Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Wireless Networks, ICWN 2008
T2 - 2008 International Conference on Wireless Networks, ICWN 2008
Y2 - 14 July 2008 through 17 July 2008
ER -