1st Edition

Wireless Sensors and Instruments Networks, Design, and Applications

By Halit Eren Copyright 2006
    320 Pages 116 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    Advances such as 3-G mobile communications networks demonstrate the increasing capability of high-quality data transmission over wireless media. Adapting wireless functionality into instrument and sensor systems endows them with unmatched flexibility, robustness, and intelligence. Wireless Sensors and Instruments: Networks, Design, and Applications explains the principles, state-of-the-art technologies, and modern applications of this burgeoning field.

    From underlying concepts to practical applications, this book outlines all the necessary information to plan, design, and implement wireless instrumentation and sensor networks effectively and efficiently. The author covers the basics of instruments, measurement, sensor technology, communication systems, and networks along with the theory, methods, and components involved in digital and wireless instruments. Placing these technologies in context, the book also examines the principles, components, and techniques of modern communication systems followed by network standards, protocols, topologies, and security.

    Building on these discussions, the book uses examples to illustrate the practical aspects of constructing sensors and instruments. Finally, the author devotes the closing chapter to applications in a broad array of fields, including commercial, human health, and consumer products applications.

    Filled with up-to-date information and thorough coverage of fundamentals, Wireless Sensors and Instruments: Networks, Design, and Applications supplies critical, hands-on tools for efficiently, effectively, and immediately implementing advanced wireless systems.

    INSTRUMENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION
    Measurements
    Instrument Architecture and Instrumentation
    Digital Instrument Hardware and Software
    Sensor Technology and Advanced Sensors
    Instrument and Sensor Communication and Networks
    Industrial Instrumentation Systems
    Noise and Distortion
    Conclusion

    WIRELESS COMMUNICATION
    Wireless Communication Principles
    Electromagnetic Wave Propagation
    RF Components
    Analog Modulation and Multiplexing
    Digital Modulation and Multiplexing
    Frequency Spreading and Multiple Access Techniques
    Conclusion

    DATA TRANSFER, NETWORKS, PROTOCOLS, AND STANDARDS
    Data Transfer
    Security in Data Flow
    Network Essentials and Topologies
    Protocols
    Standards
    Wireless Networks, PANs, LANs, and WLANs
    Network, Data, and Information Management
    Conclusion

    WIRELESS INSTRUMENT AND SENSOR NETWORKS
    Wireless Sensor Architecture and Network Design
    Wireless Instrument Architecture and Network Design
    Wireless Sensor and Instrument Network Design
    Wireless Integrated Network Sensors
    Plug-and-Play Sensors and Networks
    Industrial Wireless Networks and Automation
    Conclusion

    WIRELESS SENSOR AND INSTRUMENT APPLICATIONS
    Application-Specific Wireless Sensors and Instruments
    Commercial Wireless Sensors and Instruments
    Wireless Instruments and Sensor Networks in Research and Development
    Industrial Wireless Sensor and Instrument Networks
    Wireless Human Health Monitoring and Environmental Applications
    Radio Frequency Identification
    Consumer Products and Other Applications
    Conclusion

    BIBLIOGRAPHY
    INDEX

    Biography

    Halit Eren

    "It is a wonderful way for a reader to quickly understand many of the important modern wireless communications in use today . . . I would recommend this book to electrical engineers new to the field of communications who want to learn about the fundamental concepts used in today’s wireless communications."

    – In IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine, May/ June 2007