The Internet of Things (IoT) represents the enabling paradigm of a huge number of smart applications, spanning from short-range communications to Low-Power Wide-Area Network (LPWAN). Among them, environmental monitoring becomes more and more challenging as the area of interest is difficult to reach. The present contribution proposes WaterS, an open-source project that relies on low-cost and rapid-prototyping technologies. It tackles the main challenges of remote water quality monitoring systems taking advantage of the Sigfox protocol stack. The realized experimental setup is able to gather geo-referenced water quality measurements. Finally, it successfully addresses self-sufficiency thanks to solar energy harvesting.
WaterS: A Sigfox-compliant prototype for water monitoring / Di Gennaro, Pietro; Lofù, Domenico; Vitanio, Daniele; Tedeschi, Pietro; Boccadoro, Pietro. - In: INTERNET TECHNOLOGY LETTERS. - ISSN 2476-1508. - ELETTRONICO. - 2:1(2019). [10.1002/itl2.74]
WaterS: A Sigfox-compliant prototype for water monitoring
Di Gennaro, Pietro;Lofù, Domenico;
2019-01-01
Abstract
The Internet of Things (IoT) represents the enabling paradigm of a huge number of smart applications, spanning from short-range communications to Low-Power Wide-Area Network (LPWAN). Among them, environmental monitoring becomes more and more challenging as the area of interest is difficult to reach. The present contribution proposes WaterS, an open-source project that relies on low-cost and rapid-prototyping technologies. It tackles the main challenges of remote water quality monitoring systems taking advantage of the Sigfox protocol stack. The realized experimental setup is able to gather geo-referenced water quality measurements. Finally, it successfully addresses self-sufficiency thanks to solar energy harvesting.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
