Wireless Sensor Networks for Smart Cities

智慧城市无线传感器网络

• 批准号: RGPIN-2016-04007
• 负责人: Spachos, Petros
• 金额: $ 2.26万
• 依托单位: University of Guelph
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2020-01-01 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=708898
• 关键词: Wireless; Sensor; Networks; Smart; Cities

Every day more computer-based devices are connected to the internet. Most of these devices have at least one sensing unit, creating opportunities for direct integration between the physical world and computer-based systems. This is the idea behind Internet of Things (IoT) and Smart Cities - a development of the Internet in which everyday objects have network connectivity, allowing them to send and receive data. Imagine a city where the street lights follows the traffic requirements in real-time and the air pollution form factories and cars is controlled with the use of data coming from tiny, cheap and energy efficient sensors. In the near future, Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are expected to be integrated into the IoT and consequently to smart cities. The sensing infrastructures have a major role in smart environment and great research opportunities. Sensor nodes can join the Internet dynamically and use it to collaborate and accomplish their tasks. The future Internet, designed as an IoT is foreseen to be a world-wide network of interconnected objects uniquely addressable, based on standard communication protocols. Sensors will have a crucial role in smart cities. Green cities, which span from urban wildlife initiatives to city agriculture and green transport networks, citizen sensing and smart cities projects are emerging that attempt to realize improved sustainability through greater urban connectivity. At the same time, the sensor node market continues to grow rapidly, as the cost to build custom nodes decreases due to technology scaling. Moreover, the use of embedded sensors in smartphones, phablets, tablets and mobile devices has enabled a number of popular applications. Advances in technology, engineering, and materials science have opened the door for increasingly sophisticated sensors and sensor integration to be used in environmental and urban monitoring research. Beyond improving sensor integration, the concept of sensor in smart cities opens the door to as yet unexplored applications that cannot be conceived using specific/ devoted hardware, especially in the field of mobile devices. A flexible embedded sensor framework can be programmed and re-programmed in real-time, based on application needs, a unique characteristic that can be exploited for varied purposes, including improving application speed, power and cost. However, the security challenges of this new research area should be examined as well. I propose a research program to comfort these gaps and challenges through the development of a general framework for smart cities, starting from smart buildings. My long-term objective is to develop a multi-sensor dynamic system framework for energy efficient and secure components of the smart cities, through interdisciplinary collaborations in academia and industry. Also, I will train high- quality personnel who can satiate industry's growing demand for network engineers.

每天都有越来越多的计算机设备连接到互联网。大多数这些设备都至少有一个传感单元，为物理世界和基于计算机的系统之间的直接集成创造了机会。这就是物联网 (IoT) 和智能城市背后的理念 - 互联网的发展，其中日常物体具有网络连接，允许它们发送和接收数据。想象一下一个城市，路灯实时跟踪交通需求，工厂和汽车的空气污染通过使用来自微型、廉价且节能的传感器的数据进行控制。在不久的将来，无线传感器网络 (WSN) 预计将集成到物联网中，从而集成到智慧城市中。传感基础设施在智能环境中发挥着重要作用，并具有巨大的研究机会。传感器节点可以动态地加入互联网并使用它来协作并完成其任务。未来的互联网，被设计为物联网，预计将成为一个基于标准通信协议、可唯一寻址的互连对象的全球网络。传感器将在智慧城市中发挥至关重要的作用。绿色城市，从城市野生动物倡议到城市农业和绿色交通网络、公民感知和智慧城市项目正在兴起，试图通过加强城市连通性来提高可持续性。 与此同时，传感器节点市场继续快速增长，因为技术扩展导致构建定制节点的成本下降。此外，智能手机、平板手机、平板电脑和移动设备中嵌入式传感器的使用催生了许多流行的应用。技术、工程和材料科学的进步为环境和城市监测研究中使用日益复杂的传感器和传感器集成打开了大门。 除了改进传感器集成之外，智慧城市中的传感器概念还为尚未探索的应用打开了大门，这些应用无法使用特定/专用硬件来设想，特别是在移动设备领域。灵活的嵌入式传感器框架可以根据应用需求实时编程和重新编程，这一独特特性可用于各种目的，包括提高应用速度、功耗和成本。然而，这个新研究领域的安全挑战也应该受到审查。 我提出了一项研究计划，通过从智能建筑开始开发智能城市的总体框架来弥补这些差距和挑战。我的长期目标是通过学术界和工业界的跨学科合作，为智慧城市的节能和安全组件开发多传感器动态系统框架。此外，我还将培养高素质人才，以满足行业对网络工程师日益增长的需求。