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Pervasive Radio Mapping of Industrial Environments Using a Virtual Reality Approach

Wireless communications in industrial environments are seriously affected by reliability and performance issues, due to the multipath nature of obstacles within such environments. Special attention needs to be given to planning a wireless industrial network, so as to find the optimum spatial positio...

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Autores principales: Nedelcu, Adrian-Valentin, Machedon-Pisu, Mihai, Duguleana, Mihai, Talaba, Doru
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4489011/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26167533
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/701848
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author Nedelcu, Adrian-Valentin
Machedon-Pisu, Mihai
Duguleana, Mihai
Talaba, Doru
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description Wireless communications in industrial environments are seriously affected by reliability and performance issues, due to the multipath nature of obstacles within such environments. Special attention needs to be given to planning a wireless industrial network, so as to find the optimum spatial position for each of the nodes within the network, and especially for key nodes such as gateways or cluster heads. The aim of this paper is to present a pervasive radio mapping system which captures (senses) data regarding the radio spectrum, using low-cost wireless sensor nodes. This data is the input of radio mapping algorithms that generate electromagnetic propagation profiles. Such profiles are used for identifying obstacles within the environment and optimum propagation pathways. With the purpose of further optimizing the radio planning process, the authors propose a novel human-network interaction (HNI) paradigm that uses 3D virtual environments in order to display the radio maps in a natural, easy-to-perceive manner. The results of this approach illustrate its added value to the field of radio resource planning of industrial communication systems.
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spelling pubmed-44890112015-07-12 Pervasive Radio Mapping of Industrial Environments Using a Virtual Reality Approach Nedelcu, Adrian-Valentin Machedon-Pisu, Mihai Duguleana, Mihai Talaba, Doru ScientificWorldJournal Research Article Wireless communications in industrial environments are seriously affected by reliability and performance issues, due to the multipath nature of obstacles within such environments. Special attention needs to be given to planning a wireless industrial network, so as to find the optimum spatial position for each of the nodes within the network, and especially for key nodes such as gateways or cluster heads. The aim of this paper is to present a pervasive radio mapping system which captures (senses) data regarding the radio spectrum, using low-cost wireless sensor nodes. This data is the input of radio mapping algorithms that generate electromagnetic propagation profiles. Such profiles are used for identifying obstacles within the environment and optimum propagation pathways. With the purpose of further optimizing the radio planning process, the authors propose a novel human-network interaction (HNI) paradigm that uses 3D virtual environments in order to display the radio maps in a natural, easy-to-perceive manner. The results of this approach illustrate its added value to the field of radio resource planning of industrial communication systems. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-06-18 /pmc/articles/PMC4489011/ /pubmed/26167533 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/701848 Text en Copyright © 2015 Adrian-Valentin Nedelcu et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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