Memorias de investigación
Research Publications in journals:
Wireless Sensor Networks for Planetary Exploration: Experimental Assessment of Communications and Deployment
Year:2013

Research Areas
  • Automatic

Information
Abstract
Planetary surface exploration is an appealing application of wireless sensor networks that has been investigated in recent years by the space community, including the European Space Agency. The idea is to deploy a number of self-organizing sensor nodes forming a wireless networked architecture to provide a distributed instrument for the study and exploration of a planetary body. To explore this concept, ESA has funded the research project RF Wireless for Planetary Exploration (RF-WIPE), carried out by GMV, SUPSI and UPM. The purpose of RF-WIPE was to simulate and prototype a wireless sensor network in order to assess the potential and limitations of the technology for the purposes of planetary exploration. In this paper, we illustrate the results of the work carried out within the context of RF-WIPE. Two test case scenarios have been investigated: a distributed sensor network-based instrument and networked planetary surface exploration. Each scenario is related to a particular network configuration. For such configurations, energy models and communication protocols have been developed, simulated, and validated both on laboratory tests and with outdoor field tests. Additionally, node deployment was investigated, and a deployment system based on a mobile robotics platform has been designed and tested
International
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JCR
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Title
Advances in Space Research
ISBN
0273-1177
Impact factor JCR
1,178
Impact info
Datos JCR del año 2011
Volume
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2013.06.007
Journal number
From page
1
To page
18
Month
SIN MES
Ranking
Participants
  • Autor: David Sanz Muñoz UPM
  • Autor: Antonio Barrientos Cruz UPM
  • Autor: Mario Andrei Garzon Oviedo UPM
  • Autor: Claudio Rossi UPM
  • Autor: M. Mura DTI-NetLab, University of Applied Sciences of Southern Switzerland
  • Autor: D. Pucinnelli DTI-NetLab, University of Applied Sciences of Southern Switzerland
  • Autor: A. Puiatti DTI-NetLab, University of Applied Sciences of Southern Switzerland
  • Autor: M. Graziano Advanced Space Systems and Technologies Department, GMV S.A
  • Autor: A. Medina Advanced Space Systems and Technologies Department, GMV S.A
  • Autor: L. Mollinedo Advanced Space Systems and Technologies Department, GMV S.A
  • Autor: C. de Negueruela Advanced Space Systems and Technologies Department, GMV S.A

Research Group, Departaments and Institutes related
  • Creador: Grupo de Investigación: Robótica y Cibernética
  • Centro o Instituto I+D+i: Centro de Automática y Robótica (CAR). Centro Mixto UPM-CSIC
  • Departamento: Automática, Ingeniería Electrónica e Informática Industrial