Wireless Sensor Networks for Smart Maintenance Systems

Abstract

Ubiquitous computing, miniaturization, low power radio, MEMS and low cost signal processing all together have led to development of Wireless Sensor Networks with wide variety of applications such as military, health, industrial and condition based maintenance. Most manufacturers realize equipment or process downtime, planned and unplanned, carries a huge cost .One of the significant work in maintenance is real time monitoring of equipment through collection of data and its analysis. Wireless Sensor Networks will make it possible to facilitate real time monitoring of machine condition in various constrained environments In this paper we have proposed a new intelligent data gathering technique to monitor machine condition through the use of Wireless Sensor Networks The technological requirements to physically realize the system are discussed at block level.