Wireless in-situ Road Condition
       Sensor Network

Qiang Chen, Lirong Zheng & Frederik Jonsson

           iPack Vinnex Center,
       Royal Institute of Technology,
            Stockholm, Sweden
Why in-situ Road Condition
             Wireless Sensing?
1.   Gives almost real time monitoring of road
     condition

2.   Real time alarming is possible

3.   Via commercially available wide area wireless
     network, one can place such measurement set-up
     virtually anywhere and anytime if needed

4.   If needed data can be either send back via wireless
     WAN or stored in memory device
Application Requirements

1.   Temperature (-40C - +60C)

2.   Humidity (0-100% RH)

3.   Vibrations up to ~kHz

4.   Strain
System Architecture
                                         - An Overview



        Wide Area Network                            Central DB      Client Enterprise Network

                                                WSN
                                                Server

                                                            WEB
                                                            Server



                                                                     Technician
                                                                                                         Monitoring and Analyzing
                                                                                   Fresh Food Tracking



                                                  Central
                                                  Server
      Sensor Area Network
                                                                                    Alarming

                                                                                   Fresh Food Tracking




            Road                                                     End User
                                                 Operation Center                 On-shelf Query         Tracking and Localization
Master Sensor Node          Slave Sensor Node
System Architecture -1
          (First Layer Wireless Communications between
       Master Sensor Node and Central Server and End Users)


                                                  Master
                                                  Sensor
                               GPS
                                                  Node



                                             GSM/GPRS/3G Wireless
                                             Wide Area Network

               Real Time
               System
    Tracking
    Application
                 Online Web
                  (Internet)
Text Message

 ALARM                                                              Data Statistics
                                                                    & Analysis
     E-mail




                                     Central Server
                                      & Database
System Architecture -2
                                                                   (Second Layer Wireless Communications between
                                                                        Master Sensor Node and Slave Nodes)




                 Master Sensor Node
                                                                                                                                     Slave Sensor Nodes
                                        Power Management
                                 4.5V
                                                                                                                                     (placed inside road and road
                                         Step-up    5V
                           Battery       DCDC                LDO   3.8V                                                                        shoulder)
                                        Converter
                                                             LDO    3V
                                                                                                    Road                                                    Coin
                                                                                                                                                           Battery
                                                                   3.3V                                                               CPU and Backup
                                                             LDO                                                                         Memory
                                                                                                                                                         Sensors
                                                                                                                                          JTAG
                                                                                                                                                        Temperature
           Sensors                      CPU and Backup Memory                                                 Communication Module                        sensor
 CO2                  Signal
Sensor               Interface                  JTAG
                                                                                                                RX (UHF 900MHz)                           Humidity
                                                                          Communication Module                                             CPU
                                                                                                                   TX (I-UWB)                              sensor

Oxygen               Analogue                                               GSM(GPRS)/GPS
                                           Microcontroller
Sensor                 MUX                                                     Module                                                                  Accelerometers
                                                                                                 2.4GHz RFID as                          Memory

Ethylene              Signal                        SD Memory               RX (UHF 900MHz)      communication Link
 Sensor              Interface                         card                    TX (I-UWB)
System Operational Flow
    User Operations                         Operation Center                                                 Sensor Node


                              Service
           User
1       Registration
                            Registration
                                                                                                             Wakeup
                             Manager


                                                   Management                                              Runtime
      Service Selection       Service                                    Sensor Node
                                                                                                       Configuration API
2     and Specification    Authentication             DB                 Configuration
                             Manager                                       Manager

                                                                                               Sensor Data             On-site Data
                                                                                                Collection              Processing
3       User Login
                                                                                                 Driver                 Firmware


                               Data                  Sensor              Sensor Node                    Data Uploading
       Monitoring and
4        Tracking
                           Visualization              DB                 Data Collector                      API
                              Engine


                                                                                                         Alarming API
                             Alarming
         Alarming
                             Manager

                                                                                                        Controlling API
                             Control
        Controlling
                             Manager                                     Sensor Node                         Executive
                                                                          Controller                          Driver

                               Data
5       Data Sharing          Sharing                                                                          Sleep
                              Engine




                                                                                                    Sensor Node                Sensor Node
                                                          Web Function           Web Service
                                                                                                        API                      Function
System Implementation
                 -Sensor Selection

1.   T & RH sensor to meet requirement

2.   Vibration: accelerometer up to 5g with analog
     output for frequency>1KHz

3.   Strain gauge requires special technique, not
     integrated yet
System Implementation
                                           -Database

                                                                               Sensor DB
                           Management DB




PK
      User Infor
      UserID

                      SensorAllocation
                                            Node Configuration
                                           PK   NodeID

                                                SensorSelectT
                                                                   Temperature

                                                                   PK
                                                                   PK
                                                                         NodeID
                                                                         Time
                                                                                       …...
      UserName
      UserPassword                              SensorSelectRH           Value
                      PK   UserID               ...
      ...             PK   ServiceID            SensorPeriodT                               WAN Positioning
                      PK   NodeID               SensorPeriodRH          GPS
     ServicePackage                             ...                                        PK   NodeID
                           StartTime            UpLimitT          PK    NodeID             PK   Time
     PK   ServiceID        FinishTime           DownLimitT        PK    Time
                           Status               UpLimitRH                                       ContryID
          Price            ...                  DownLimitRH             Longitude               AreaID
          payable                               ...                     Latitude                CellID
          ...                                   SmsIfAlarm              altitude                BaseStationID
                                                UploadToIP                                      Distance
                                                UploadToPort                                    Angle
                                                SmsToNumber
                                                AlarmPeriod        Event Log
                                                AlarmEnabled
                                                                  PK    NodeID
                                                UploadContry
                                                                  PK    Time
                                                SimCardID
                                                SoftwareVersion
                                                                        Type
                                                ...
                                                                        Message
                                                Availability
System Implementation
                          -Hardware Architecture



                       Micro          Panel                     2.4G RF      H&T         Accele.
  CO2                                                  GPS
                       -SD            Socket                   Tranceiver   Sensor
 Sensor    WAN
                                    Accele.                                                   RTC
          Adapter
                                             RTC                2.4G RF
  O2                                                                              MCU
                                                       2.4G     Detector
 Sensor                       MCU
                                                      RFID
                                                                                        ...
          Sim Card                                    Reader   IR-UWB
                                       ...
  Ethy                                                            Tx
                  Charger                                                      Power
 Sensor   Jack
                 Controller       Power                                      Management
                                Management             IR-      Button         Array
                                               ...

  H&T       Li-ion                Array                         Battery
                                                      UWB
 Sensor     Battery

MSN-SEN     MSN-MAIN board                           MSN-SAN          SSN board
 board                                                board
System Implementation
   -Hardware Example
System Implementation
                              -Acceleration Data Compresion

                                                 2



                                  acce.(G)
                                                 1

                                                 0
           2                                                                                                2
                                              -1
                     D waveform               1650             1700      1750    1800     1850                        P waveform
                                                                                                            1




                                                                                                 acce.(G)
           1
acce.(G)




                                                                       samples
           0                                                                                                0
                                                        2
           -1                                                                                               -1
                                                                           A waveform                       1650 1700 1750 1800 1850
                                             acce.(G)




           1650 1700 1750 1800 1850                     1
                   samples                                                                                          samples
                                                        0

                                                        -1
                                                        1650    1700     1750 1800      1850
                                                                       samples
System Field Test Results
(for Another Application)
Field Test
                                                                                             -Vibration



               2.5                                                     1.5                   2.5                                                          1.5               1.5

                 2                                                       1                     2                                                            1                 1

               1.5                                                     0.5                   1.5                                                          0.5               0.5




                                                                                                                                           acce.Z ( G )
acce.X ( G )




                                                                              acce.X ( G )
                                                        acce.Y ( G )




                                                                                                                                                             acce.Y ( G )
                 1                                                       0                     1                                                            0                 0

               0.5                                                     -0.5                  0.5                                                          -0.5              -0.5

                 0                                                      -1                     0                                                           -1                -1            Shock


               -0.5                                                    -1.5                  -0.5                                                         -1.5 -1.5
                      0   5                 10      15                        0                     0   5        5       10    10      15                     0
                                                                                                                                                             15     0              5       5         10   10      15
                              time (50ms)           5                                                       time (50ms) (50ms)
                                                                                                                    time               5                     5                         time (50ms)
                                                                                                                                                                                              time (50ms)         5
                                                 x 10                                                                               x 10              x 10                                                     x 10
Conclusion
1.   An in-situ road condition monitoring system based
     on wireless sensor network and RFID technologies
     is presented.
2.   Sensor node placed inside road/road shoulder
     need special design, need further improvement
3.   Battery-less sensor node solution based on energy
     harvesting e.g., piezo-electric effect (vibration) and
     thermo-electric effect (temperature gradient) and/or
     solar cell
4.   To integrated strain gauge requires special
     interface circuits since the gauge is based on
     Winston-bridge principle
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Session 40 Frederik Jonsson

  • 1. Wireless in-situ Road Condition Sensor Network Qiang Chen, Lirong Zheng & Frederik Jonsson iPack Vinnex Center, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
  • 2. Why in-situ Road Condition Wireless Sensing? 1. Gives almost real time monitoring of road condition 2. Real time alarming is possible 3. Via commercially available wide area wireless network, one can place such measurement set-up virtually anywhere and anytime if needed 4. If needed data can be either send back via wireless WAN or stored in memory device
  • 3. Application Requirements 1. Temperature (-40C - +60C) 2. Humidity (0-100% RH) 3. Vibrations up to ~kHz 4. Strain
  • 4. System Architecture - An Overview Wide Area Network Central DB Client Enterprise Network WSN Server WEB Server Technician Monitoring and Analyzing Fresh Food Tracking Central Server Sensor Area Network Alarming Fresh Food Tracking Road End User Operation Center On-shelf Query Tracking and Localization Master Sensor Node Slave Sensor Node
  • 5. System Architecture -1 (First Layer Wireless Communications between Master Sensor Node and Central Server and End Users) Master Sensor GPS Node GSM/GPRS/3G Wireless Wide Area Network Real Time System Tracking Application Online Web (Internet) Text Message ALARM Data Statistics & Analysis E-mail Central Server & Database
  • 6. System Architecture -2 (Second Layer Wireless Communications between Master Sensor Node and Slave Nodes) Master Sensor Node Slave Sensor Nodes Power Management 4.5V (placed inside road and road Step-up 5V Battery DCDC LDO 3.8V shoulder) Converter LDO 3V Road Coin Battery 3.3V CPU and Backup LDO Memory Sensors JTAG Temperature Sensors CPU and Backup Memory Communication Module sensor CO2 Signal Sensor Interface JTAG RX (UHF 900MHz) Humidity Communication Module CPU TX (I-UWB) sensor Oxygen Analogue GSM(GPRS)/GPS Microcontroller Sensor MUX Module Accelerometers 2.4GHz RFID as Memory Ethylene Signal SD Memory RX (UHF 900MHz) communication Link Sensor Interface card TX (I-UWB)
  • 7. System Operational Flow User Operations Operation Center Sensor Node Service User 1 Registration Registration Wakeup Manager Management Runtime Service Selection Service Sensor Node Configuration API 2 and Specification Authentication DB Configuration Manager Manager Sensor Data On-site Data Collection Processing 3 User Login Driver Firmware Data Sensor Sensor Node Data Uploading Monitoring and 4 Tracking Visualization DB Data Collector API Engine Alarming API Alarming Alarming Manager Controlling API Control Controlling Manager Sensor Node Executive Controller Driver Data 5 Data Sharing Sharing Sleep Engine Sensor Node Sensor Node Web Function Web Service API Function
  • 8. System Implementation -Sensor Selection 1. T & RH sensor to meet requirement 2. Vibration: accelerometer up to 5g with analog output for frequency>1KHz 3. Strain gauge requires special technique, not integrated yet
  • 9. System Implementation -Database Sensor DB Management DB PK User Infor UserID SensorAllocation Node Configuration PK NodeID SensorSelectT Temperature PK PK NodeID Time …... UserName UserPassword SensorSelectRH Value PK UserID ... ... PK ServiceID SensorPeriodT WAN Positioning PK NodeID SensorPeriodRH GPS ServicePackage ... PK NodeID StartTime UpLimitT PK NodeID PK Time PK ServiceID FinishTime DownLimitT PK Time Status UpLimitRH ContryID Price ... DownLimitRH Longitude AreaID payable ... Latitude CellID ... SmsIfAlarm altitude BaseStationID UploadToIP Distance UploadToPort Angle SmsToNumber AlarmPeriod Event Log AlarmEnabled PK NodeID UploadContry PK Time SimCardID SoftwareVersion Type ... Message Availability
  • 10. System Implementation -Hardware Architecture Micro Panel 2.4G RF H&T Accele. CO2 GPS -SD Socket Tranceiver Sensor Sensor WAN Accele. RTC Adapter RTC 2.4G RF O2 MCU 2.4G Detector Sensor MCU RFID ... Sim Card Reader IR-UWB ... Ethy Tx Charger Power Sensor Jack Controller Power Management Management IR- Button Array ... H&T Li-ion Array Battery UWB Sensor Battery MSN-SEN MSN-MAIN board MSN-SAN SSN board board board
  • 11. System Implementation -Hardware Example
  • 12. System Implementation -Acceleration Data Compresion 2 acce.(G) 1 0 2 2 -1 D waveform 1650 1700 1750 1800 1850 P waveform 1 acce.(G) 1 acce.(G) samples 0 0 2 -1 -1 A waveform 1650 1700 1750 1800 1850 acce.(G) 1650 1700 1750 1800 1850 1 samples samples 0 -1 1650 1700 1750 1800 1850 samples
  • 13. System Field Test Results (for Another Application)
  • 14. Field Test -Vibration 2.5 1.5 2.5 1.5 1.5 2 1 2 1 1 1.5 0.5 1.5 0.5 0.5 acce.Z ( G ) acce.X ( G ) acce.X ( G ) acce.Y ( G ) acce.Y ( G ) 1 0 1 0 0 0.5 -0.5 0.5 -0.5 -0.5 0 -1 0 -1 -1 Shock -0.5 -1.5 -0.5 -1.5 -1.5 0 5 10 15 0 0 5 5 10 10 15 0 15 0 5 5 10 10 15 time (50ms) 5 time (50ms) (50ms) time 5 5 time (50ms) time (50ms) 5 x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10
  • 15. Conclusion 1. An in-situ road condition monitoring system based on wireless sensor network and RFID technologies is presented. 2. Sensor node placed inside road/road shoulder need special design, need further improvement 3. Battery-less sensor node solution based on energy harvesting e.g., piezo-electric effect (vibration) and thermo-electric effect (temperature gradient) and/or solar cell 4. To integrated strain gauge requires special interface circuits since the gauge is based on Winston-bridge principle