A GPS-enabled wireless sensor network for monitoring radioactive materials

• Published in: Sensors and actuators. A. Physical. Vol. 155; no. 1; pp. 210 - 215
• Main Authors: Ding, Fei, Song, Guangming, Yin, Kaijian, Li, Jianqing, Song, Aiguo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.10.2009
• Subjects: Digital; Global Positioning System; GPS; Monitoring; Networks; Nuclear radiation; Satellite navigation systems; Sensors; Sleep mechanism; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; ZigBee; Wireless sensor networks; ZigBee; GPS; Nuclear radiation; Sleep mechanism
• ISSN: 0924-4247; 1873-3069
• DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2009.08.021

This paper presents a solution of nuclear radiation monitoring based on GPS-enabled wireless sensor network. The proposed nuclear radiation detection node keeps minimum size while ensuring the functions of communication, sensing, localization and calculation. The nodes are convenient to be installed...