(MDPI, 2015) Aguirre Gallego, Erik; López Iturri, Peio; Azpilicueta Fernández de las Heras, Leyre; Astrain Escola, José Javier; Villadangos Alonso, Jesús; Falcone Lanas, Francisco; Ingeniería Eléctrica y Electrónica; Ingeniería Matemática e Informática; Ingeniaritza Elektrikoa eta Elektronikoa; Matematika eta Informatika Ingeniaritza
One of the main challenges in the implementation and design of context-aware
scenarios is the adequate deployment strategy for Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs),
mainly due to the strong dependence of the radiofrequency physical layer with the surrounding
media, which can lead to non-optimal network designs. In this work, radioplanning analysis
for WSN deployment is proposed by employing a deterministic 3D ray launching technique
in order to provide insight into complex wireless channel behavior in context-aware indoor
scenarios. The proposed radioplanning procedure is validated with a testbed implemented with
a Mobile Ad Hoc Network WSN following a chain configuration, enabling the analysis and
assessment of a rich variety of parameters, such as received signal level, signal quality and
estimation of power consumption. The adoption of deterministic radio channel techniques
allows the design and further deployment of WSNs in heterogeneous wireless scenarios with
optimized behavior in terms of coverage, capacity, quality of service and energy consumption.
