Solar powered sensor network design and experimentation

Daniela Krüger; Carsten Buschmann; Stefan Fischer

doi:10.1109/ISWCS.2009.5285339

Solar powered sensor network design and experimentation

Daniela Krüger, Carsten Buschmann, Stefan Fischer

Institute of Telematics

Coalesenses GmbH

Abstract

As battery capacities are a key limiting factor of wireless sensor networks, harvesting energy from the environment is very attractive. For outdoor applications, solar power seems to be the best suited energy source. However, the amount of energy delivered from the sun changes significantly over the year, which makes the dimensioning of the panel difficult. In this paper we discuss the most important impact factors and introduce a model that predicts the harvested solar power and the battery charge over the year. In addition, we present experimental results of the first six month of our long term experiments for validating our model.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2009 6th International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems
Number of pages	5
Publisher	IEEE
Publication date	11.12.2009
Pages	11-15
Article number	5285339
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4244-3584-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ISWCS.2009.5285339
Publication status	Published - 11.12.2009
Event	2009 6th International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems - Tuscany, Italy Duration: 07.09.2009 → 10.09.2009 Conference number: 78626

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