Design of a Wireless Sensor Network Monitoring System for Biological and Pharmaceutical Products
Biological and pharmaceutical (B&P) products are essential in modern life. Currently, the demand and requirements of these products are dramatically growing; product quality and integrity then become crucial. As a key factor for ensuring quality and integrity, the current product status monitori...
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| author | Chun Ho Wu Chun Kit Ng Lixing Wang G. T. S. Ho W. H. Ip J. Zhang |
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| description | Biological and pharmaceutical (B&P) products are essential in modern life. Currently, the demand and requirements of these products are dramatically growing; product quality and integrity then become crucial. As a key factor for ensuring quality and integrity, the current product status monitoring system needs to be enhanced in a more sophisticated and comprehensive way. This research describes the design of a wireless sensor network (WSN) monitoring system for B&P products supply chain management. In this study, the system architecture is presented based on the proposed framework. The framework consists of three processes: the first one is to generate a WSN with full coverage, the second one is to determine the optimal position of the sink, and the last process is to add additional relay nodes for providing fault tolerance to the network. Finally, a feasibility test on B&P product storage in a hospital is conducted. The proposed system provides a systematic approach for the deployment of sensor nodes and relay nodes. It also provides a relatively simple and rapid method for industries in general to follow and implement when designing a WSN system. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-67987023f2c849098e1e1764556e91082025-02-03T05:48:21ZengWileyInternational Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks1550-14772015-04-011110.1155/2015/760242760242Design of a Wireless Sensor Network Monitoring System for Biological and Pharmaceutical ProductsChun Ho Wu0Chun Kit Ng1Lixing Wang2G. T. S. Ho3W. H. Ip4J. Zhang5 Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong Institute of Cyber Physical Systems Engineering, College of Information Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, No. 3-11, Wenhua Road, Heping District, Shenyang 110819, China Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong School of Advanced Computing, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, ChinaBiological and pharmaceutical (B&P) products are essential in modern life. Currently, the demand and requirements of these products are dramatically growing; product quality and integrity then become crucial. As a key factor for ensuring quality and integrity, the current product status monitoring system needs to be enhanced in a more sophisticated and comprehensive way. This research describes the design of a wireless sensor network (WSN) monitoring system for B&P products supply chain management. In this study, the system architecture is presented based on the proposed framework. The framework consists of three processes: the first one is to generate a WSN with full coverage, the second one is to determine the optimal position of the sink, and the last process is to add additional relay nodes for providing fault tolerance to the network. Finally, a feasibility test on B&P product storage in a hospital is conducted. The proposed system provides a systematic approach for the deployment of sensor nodes and relay nodes. It also provides a relatively simple and rapid method for industries in general to follow and implement when designing a WSN system.https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/760242 |
| spellingShingle | Chun Ho Wu Chun Kit Ng Lixing Wang G. T. S. Ho W. H. Ip J. Zhang Design of a Wireless Sensor Network Monitoring System for Biological and Pharmaceutical Products International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks |
| title | Design of a Wireless Sensor Network Monitoring System for Biological and Pharmaceutical Products |
| title_full | Design of a Wireless Sensor Network Monitoring System for Biological and Pharmaceutical Products |
| title_fullStr | Design of a Wireless Sensor Network Monitoring System for Biological and Pharmaceutical Products |
| title_full_unstemmed | Design of a Wireless Sensor Network Monitoring System for Biological and Pharmaceutical Products |
| title_short | Design of a Wireless Sensor Network Monitoring System for Biological and Pharmaceutical Products |
| title_sort | design of a wireless sensor network monitoring system for biological and pharmaceutical products |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/760242 |
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