Title
Lessons from the sparse sensor network deployment in rural India
Abstract
We discuss the key issues in the deployment of sparse sensor networks. The network monitors several environment parameters and is deployed in a semi-arid region for the benefit of small and marginal farmers. We begin by discussing the problems of an existing unreliable 1 sq km sparse network deployed in a village. The proposed solutions are implemented in a new cluster. The new cluster is a reliable 5 sq km network. Our contributions are two fold. Firstly, we describe a novel methodology to deploy a sparse reliable data gathering sensor network and evaluate the "safe distance" or "reliable" distance between nodes using propagation models. Secondly, we address the problem of transporting data from rural aggregation servers to urban data centres. This paper tracks our steps in deploying a sensor network in a village in India, trying to provide better diagnosis for better crop management. Keywords - Rural, Agriculture, GPRS, Sparse.
Year
Venue
Keywords
2010
ICDCN
sq km network,rural aggregation server,better crop management,sparse sensor network,rural india,new cluster,sparse sensor network deployment,better diagnosis,urban data centre,sensor network,sparse reliable data,sq km sparse network,network monitoring,data gathering
Field
DocType
Volume
Data collection,Rural india,Software deployment,Crop management,Computer science,Server,Computer network,Sensor network deployment,General Packet Radio Service,Wireless sensor network,Distributed computing
Conference
5935
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
0302-9743
3-642-11321-4
3
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.51
10
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Prabhakar TV113720.34
H. S. Jamadagni216030.14
Amar Sahu330.51
R. Venkatesha Prasad464977.98