A Comprehensive Design of IPv6 Wireless Sensor Network for Ecological and Hydrological Watershed-Scale Research

摘要

Environmental monitoring in ecological and hydrological watershed-scale research is an important and promising area of application for wireless sensor networks. This paper presents a system design of IPv6 wireless sensor network (IPv6WSN) in Heihe river watershed in Gansu province of China to assist ecological and hydrological scientists collecting field scientific data in an extremely harsh environment. To solve the challenging problems, this paper focus on three key technologies adopted in our project, which includes the design of hardware platform, integration of the newest network protocol (IPv6), Metadata modeling for IPv6WSN. The system design introduced in this paper provides a solid foundation for effective use of self-developed IPv6 wireless sensor network by ecological and hydrological scientists.