Design and Performance Analysis of Building Monitoring System withWireless Sensor Networks

Mohammed  Abdala; Alaa   Salih

doi:10.24996/ijs.2012.53.4Appendix.%g

Authors

Mohammed Abdala Department of Networks, College of Information Engineering, University of Al-Nahrain, Baghdad, Iraq.
Alaa Salih Department of Networks, College of Information Engineering, University of Al-Nahrain, Baghdad, Iraq.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24996/ijs.2012.53.4Appendix.%25g

Keywords:

Building Monitoring System, , Wireless Sensor Networks, , ZigBee

Abstract

The Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) provides a potential technique for
monitoring the indoor environment. The proposed system consists of several
wireless sensor nodes that are deployed in a building in addition to a local server
hosting web base application for storing sensing data. The widely adopted standard
for wireless sensor network platform is the IEEE 802.15.4/ ZigBee. It is considered
as the “technology of choice” due to low-power, cost-effective communication and
the reliability it provide. This paper will simulate and explore the performance of
ZigBee using OPNET Modeler 14.5. The paper will study and analyze various
parameters that include changing the network topology, number of nodes and
different performance parameters such as network delay, throughput, and others.
The web base application is designed to interact with a WSN, allowing a user to
consult sensor states and receive sensor alerts. Sensor alerts will be received when a
sensor's threshold value exceeds the limit. Therefore, the user will be notified
whenever there are changes in the WSN. The web base application system allows
the manager or owner of building to remote monitoring sensing data via Internet by
using a web browser.